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Haven't bought a vehicle in about 7 years. Every single one of them these days seems to have this "feature". Whenever you come to a complete stop at a light with your foot on the brake, it turns the dang engine off and waits for you to start pulling your foot off the brake. Then it starts the engine again. WTF over. Yet another incredibly asinine idea, thanks to the green idiots out there.
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I have two vehicles that have that feature, an Audi and a Porsche, and both allow disabling said feature.
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Supposed to cut down on emissions. Guess no one cares about having to replace starters, batteries, engines, oil etc more often. Another genius idea from the fake science cult.
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My F150 has a button on the dash you have to hit every time you start the vehicle. It also has a wire to the battery you can just unplug and tape off.
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They really not all like that or at the very least you can disable that feature. You know, disabled like Birdfugker and Beaver.
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I have two vehicles that have that feature, an Audi and a Porsche, and both allow disabling said feature. We are some smart peeps
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I have two vehicles that have that feature, an Audi and a Porsche, and both allow disabling said feature. All the ones I have seen claim they allow disabling the feature but it's only disabled for since you manually started the vehicle. In other words, it defaults back to being on every time you manually start the vehicle. Yeah, it's not a big deal disabling it every time you start it. It's only one button to press. But it the principle of it that pisses me off. If yours allow you to permanently disable it, consider yourself lucky because the vast majority I have seen don't.
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I see a company that sells a gadget that I assume is nothing more than a relay and a capacity that plugs inline with the disable button that causes it to turn off every time the vehicle is started. Only hassle there is pulling off some dash panels to get to the back of the button. Not to bad and every time I start the truck, I will have a smile on my face knowing some douchebag green weasel didn't force me to do something
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A buddy of mine showed me the trick on the Ford. He said unplugging that wire was the first “mod” he did to all his new trucks. No downside, that I’ve noticed yet. It should be that way on all vehicles with that feature, just like unplugging the door/key buzzers in days past.
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You can turn it off in the driver “settings” on the Ford pickups.
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On the Fords that don't have an obvious disable setting, I bet you can use that free Forscan (not foreskin you pervs) software on a laptop plugged into the OBD2 and turn it off. Wish there was something similar for GM rigs.
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Sounds like a great plan to make the first moron at a red light delay their start by another 5 seconds and let three cars through before it’s red again.
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with my 2017 f 150, I just installed a jumper wire, a small one from like a home thermostat, plug both ends into the plug that goes to the switch and it turns the switch off automatically everytime. I did that the first week of owning the truck.
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A buddy of mine showed me the trick on the Ford. He said unplugging that wire was the first “mod” he did to all his new trucks. No downside, that I’ve noticed yet. It should be that way on all vehicles with that feature, just like unplugging the door/key buzzers in days past. Jpro, I think that wire also moderates other electrical features in the truck other than the auto stop feature. Not sure, but don't think you are just turning off the auto stop. There are small plug-in wiring harnesses that are easy to install and remember the button setting you hit last. Other than a re-tune, these seem like the most elegant solution
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I have two vehicles that have that feature, an Audi and a Porsche, and both allow disabling said feature. All the ones I have seen claim they allow disabling the feature but it's only disabled for since you manually started the vehicle. In other words, it defaults back to being on every time you manually start the vehicle. Yeah, it's not a big deal disabling it every time you start it. It's only one button to press. But it the principle of it that pisses me off. If yours allow you to permanently disable it, consider yourself lucky because the vast majority I have seen don't. The Porsche requires that, the Audi stays disabled.
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A buddy of mine showed me the trick on the Ford. He said unplugging that wire was the first “mod” he did to all his new trucks. No downside, that I’ve noticed yet. It should be that way on all vehicles with that feature, just like unplugging the door/key buzzers in days past. Jpro, I think that wire also moderates other electrical features in the truck other than the auto stop feature. Not sure, but don't think you are just turning off the auto stop. There are small plug-in wiring harnesses that are easy to install and remember the button setting you hit last. Other than a re-tune, these seem like the most elegant solution Yep, if you pull the wire off the brake you might want to verify you have brake lights on your trailer next time you hook up.
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A neighbor down the road has that on his new Ford Pickup. He purchased a gadget that plugs into his trailer harness. Solved the problem. His dealer salesman told him about it. Googlefy it maybe?
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GF has had it on her car for years - zero issues/complaints. Father has it on his cars for years - zero issues/complaints. Brother has it on his new Chev - 13k miles, zero issues/complaints. I drove the truck this week to move some stuff - basically not a problem. GF's father is a retired, 40+ year Ford mechanic. Retired 2 years ago. He has it on his vehicles - zero issues or complaints and said that basically they've never had issue with it in the shop, at least not enough to make him worry about it on his stuff.
I suspect whatever vehicle I buy next will have it - I'm not concerned.
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Yet another incredibly asinine idea, thanks to the green idiots out there. THAT, in SPADES!!! A neighbor down the road has that on his new Ford Pickup. He purchased a gadget that plugs into his trailer harness. Solved the problem. His dealer salesman told him about it. Yep - when a trailer's hooked up (or in this case, scammed to believe there's one) it disables that totally idiotic piece of techno crap..
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Supposed to cut down on emissions. Guess no one cares about having to replace starters, batteries, engines, oil etc more often. Another genius idea from the fake science cult. Auto and parts makers will be glad to sell you anything on that shopping list so they are all for it. It becomes obvious that big business and the government are in bed together but they are not screwing each, rather screwing us the consumer. That idea is a lot like most if not all "green initiatives". They are not very good and would not hold up in an actual free market because the increased cost are more than whatever savings you might get and do not make economic sense. It takes more energy to build a windmill than any energy it might produce over its lifetime, it takes more than a gallon of diesel fuel to produce a gallon of ethanol. Musk has never made any actual money selling Teslas, but has done rather well with government subsidies, selling carbon offsets, and trading/manipulating Bitcoin.....etc. In a nutshell, very few would buy that schit unless forced. They are forced in the name of "saving the planet".
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