12-04-2020, 06:46 PM
"When you disconnect the battery on any vehicle that has computerized engine controls (which is virtually every car and truck that has been built since 1981), the loss of voltage to the Powertrain Control Module (PCM) causes it to forget is adaptive memory settings in its Keep Alive Memory (KAM) chip. Adaptive memory contains the adjustments the PCM has learned over time for the fuel mixture, transmission shift points and other control functions. The Keep Alive memory also includes all the results for the diagnostic self-tests the PCM runs on itself, its sensors and emission control components, plus any fault codes that may have been set (including history codes and freeze frame data that may be needed for diagnosis"
This is a quote from a website article, if anyone would like to read the whole thing I'll leave a link
https://www.aa1car.com/library/battery_d...oblems.htm
So yes, disconnecting or draining the battery can cause some electronic issues, and I have personally experienced some of them. On cars BMW would flash false codes, Subaru would lose the power windows auto mode. On bikes KTM would not turn off the ABS light, Triumph would idle very rough etc.
I guess if you haven't had any experience with this, you can consider yourself lucky
'14 CB1100 STD 5 speed
This is a quote from a website article, if anyone would like to read the whole thing I'll leave a link
https://www.aa1car.com/library/battery_d...oblems.htm
So yes, disconnecting or draining the battery can cause some electronic issues, and I have personally experienced some of them. On cars BMW would flash false codes, Subaru would lose the power windows auto mode. On bikes KTM would not turn off the ABS light, Triumph would idle very rough etc.
I guess if you haven't had any experience with this, you can consider yourself lucky
'14 CB1100 STD 5 speed