I can’t imagine the constant starts are good for the engine. But I doubt car manufacturers will get rid of the feature, even if the EPA doesn’t mandate it - states like CA may require it, and they never know when a Democrat will take the WH and reimpose the requirement. That’s one problem with Democrat edicts - you never know when they might come back and reinstate them, so for stability many companies will just keep complying with the requirements even if they’re no longer requirements.
I CANNOT IMAGINE THE PREMATURE BATTERY REPLACEMENT THIS CAUSES.
YES!
” “the single worst feature in their motor vehicle.”
ABSOLUTLY!
The government doesn’t need to eliminate it. They simply need to stop incentivizing its inclusion. It will then go away on its own.
Every time I rent a car I want to turn it off. But then I realized I’m only renting it. The long term wear and tear is not my problem...so I don’t care...
Whenever you complicate some mechanical operation or component with something like this, you increase the risk of a failure. That’s the way I see it.
Starting is the biggest surge on your battery. I make sure all my users...radio, wipers, heater, etc are all off.
How can this damned thing know that you’re at a “red light stop”? How can it know that you aren’t stopped in an intersection trying to make a left turn but waiting for the way to be clear?
If allowed, the government will seize as much control over our lives as it possibly can. Just wait until there are “self driving” cars. It will seize control over them any way it can.
Turning off the motor, which slows or stops the AC, in Texas… Glad my truck has a button to disable this ‘feature’.
If I’ve saved $25 or even $10 in gas over the last two years I’d be shocked. I get it, on a larger scale a of tens of thousands of cars it likely reduces fuel consumption and/or saves baby seals or makes the Indian guy in the commercials cry less. But I honestly and very sincerely I DGAS.
My car has a MASSIVE battery even though it's only a 4-cylinder engine. The starter is beefed up too. I've only had the 2019 Jeep for a few months and haven't replaced either of them yet.
I don't mind the feature, but my wife HATES it.
Does it save gas? I think it depends on where you live and how long the stoplights are.
We have one car that has it. Very easy to stop and hold without a shutoff, no big deal.
I tell people in a normal car when your starter or battery dies you will be at home or in a parking lot. With this auto stop mess you could be stopped in an intersection. Just for that reason it has to go.
Fortunately, I was able to hack my Audi’s ECU to permanently disable it.
Wasn’t this Nancy’s idea in the first , something stupid it always comes from her
I’m sure that behind all the lobbying that resulted in this stupid feature is a ton of folks who wanted to benefit from the cottage industry ‘fixes’ that would need to spring up with all sorts of ways to defeat this said ‘feature’. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HyqCSVJkrE
The same was true a few years ago with the insane idea of 8 cylinder vehicles dropping off 4 cylinders once up to speed. It didn’t take long for all kind of ‘defeat mechanisms’ to emerge...
And, kill the planned car disabler requirement for 2026 models. The vague, intrusive, dangerous rule to make manufacturers somehow determine if the driver is impaired and then lock them out of their own car. This is claimed to be a safety feature but is incredibly dangerous and intrusive. This is not EPA this time, it is NHTSA this time and from the Nov 2021 Infrastructure Law which is another of those gifts that keeps giving.
I won’t purchase a vehicle with this “feature”.