Does my 2019 Trail Boss have an auto-shutoff if engine left running?

wahoowad · July 7

I stopped to talk to a neighbor, put my truck in Park and exited the vehicle leaving it running because my dog was inside and I wanted the A/C to keep running. I was standing 20' away so it's not like I left it inside and walked away. My neighbor talked on and on but I could still hear the truck running. After 15 to 20 minutes (not exactly sure how much time went by) I walked back to the truck and it was not running. I didn't hear it shut off, but it had to have been within a minute or two ago as I know it was running during the majority of the long conversation as I was keeping an eye on it. Did my truck just randomly stop or is there some kind of feature that will turn off an idling engine after X minutes? Dog was fine, inside was still very cool.

Edited July 7 by wahoowad

silveradosid · July 7

yes it will shut off automatically, and think it is 15 minutes

wahoowad · July 7

Can I turn that off?

silveradosid · July 8

i am not sure but emergency vehicles can idle them for a long time at accidents. maybe check with the dealer and see if it can be reprogrammed

silveradosid · July 8

just found this and it can be done

newdude · July 8

The reprogramming is an option, the other method is set the parking brake and leave the transmission in neutral. The automatic shut down happens only in park.