i would file this under unintended consequenses of software design
they thought they were doing something good (saving the battery is a good idea) but locking the car down was not a good idea
It’s not a bad idea, except that everyone should be told — verbally, in the owner’s manual, the service department, salesmen, etc. — what is going to happen if you don’t drive your car for 50 days. This is a communications problem, not a technical problem.