We have a newer car that has this feature. Our car (a MB GLC300) has a way to disable this feature. Yours may as well. Not only do I find the constant stopping and starting annoying but i wonder what this may do to engine longevity. I was always told that the single biggest contributor to engine wear was on start up. Maybe this only applies to cold starts. It would be interesting to see if this feature has any long-term impact on engine durability.
Can you disable it as the default setting (I cannot in either vehicle, Chevy Traverse and Subaru Outback) or do you have to push a button every drive?
Don't get me started on keyless engine start/stop. I've already filled up my gas tank twice while I left the car running. One more time and I get a get a visit from Pelosi demanding I turn in my fob for the greater good of the Sheetz...
I honestly can't recall how to turn this feature on and off. The car is my wife's and I rarely drive it so not as up to speed on the features. I seem to recall that there is a "mode" setting that turns this feature on and off. Once you set the mode, it remains in that mode until changed so I don't think you need to enable/disable this feature every time you use your car. Of course, your car may not operate the same way. You can either try to find this in your owners manual or even go to you tube and search how to turn this off for your car. It's amazing how much useful content you can find on youtube.
Hopefully they make one for your make.
www.autostopeliminator.com
I usually put it back on if I'm sitting in traffic or at a long light, I have a VW and it's an easy on/off with the button right next to the gear shifter.
at $100 for the gizmo, I'll live with it..there should be some bullshitt work around hack like with the seatbelt warning signal that won't turn off in my wife's Subaru if you have weight in the back seat but no people (aka dogs or heavy packages). Annoying as hell. If you click and un-click the driver's side seatbelt twenty times (not making this up) while saying Beetlejuice three times (kinda making that up) the signal goes away forever.Hopefully they make one for your make.
Autostop Eliminator - Disable The Auto Start Stop Feature
The Autostop Eliminator is an intelligent tech device for your car, truck or SUV that will safely disable auto start-stop feature and remember your preference
I joined the jaguar forum and was just cruising the the treads to learn about the car and a poster had put instructions with pics on which plug.
That's my problem with it. With it stopping and having to restart, it takes equipment to do this like starter, spark plugs, other electronics, wouldn't this put more burden on them?
If the engine idles at red lights, the spark plugs are working regardless.
maybe, but what does that have to do with this idiotic feature that no one asked for and a vast majority dislike?...not a fan of a solution looking for a problem that does not exist engineering. does not seem like an old man's way of thinking....I can grasp the concept of a 175 horsepower vehicle replacing a one horsepower horse. A car that shuts off three times during my drive to the grocery store, uh, not so much.
Your, “Marcia, Marcia, Marcia” posts have more value than this gem.
LOL......as you can tell, I have such a detailed knowledge of the inner workings of the combustion engine in a car. I was born with a lug wrench in my crib.
Nope. Just move the pedal and it fires up. Ford Escape with 60K on the road.
Cars with the “auto stop” feature do have more robust batteries and starters, but you still need the starter to engage to, you know, start the engine back up.
I think he meant manually turn off the feature every time you get in the car, which is true that is how it works
no one said it was difficult...its dumb and annoying to do something every time I get into the vehicle that is (unlike starting your engine or putting on your seatbelt) unnecessary...
I just touch the pedal and we're off. Sometimes starts before I move if it was a long wait. Took me about 2 weeks to not noticing. And I don't need to hit any button.
