Auto ignition shut off when stopped.

[Alias Detective 1,463]

Who has this feature and doesn’t turn this annoyance off before taking the vehicle out of park?

[Maximum Overkill 2,494]

Are you talking about the engine turning off when the break is applied at a stop? 

[avoiding injuries 1,652]

I despise this feature. Occasionally I forget to turn it off and the car stops when I’m at a red light. 

[Meglamaniac 804]

The devil himself engineered this

 

 

[Horseman 2,684]

Wreak havic on your car for the sake of the environment!

This is as dumb as it gets.  

[HellToupee 2,293]

1st thing I do after starting my car is hit the disable button 

[frank 2,348]

Both of my vehicles are 2004. One has a tape player. 

[easilyscan 1,025]

28 minutes ago, Horseman said:

Wreak havic on your car for the sake of the environment!

This is as dumb as it gets.  

Damm straight!

[SUXBNME 1,606]

Dumbest idea ever. 
The "smarter" they make the car, the dumber the driver becomes. 

[Bier Meister 1,756]

Wife has this.  Awful 

[Drizzay 749]

I've found that when my air conditioning or heat is set to Auto (and is usually blowing pretty high in the middle of summer/winter), the feature turns itself off.

[nobody 2,894]

I don't have it, but why is it so bad?

[MikeMatt 413]

1 hour ago, SUXBNME said:

Dumbest idea ever. 
The "smarter" they make the car, the dumber the driver becomes. 

You must have a super duper smart car then !!

[BarneyFife 43]

Thank a left wing tree hugging lunatic. Is there anything these people don’t destroy?

[Strike 6,030]

Trump's EPA agrees with everyone who hates this "feature":

https://www.newsweek.com/automatic-start-stop-technology-new-cars-fuel-efficiency-2071062

[Maximum Overkill 2,494]

I disabled mine 

[TimHauck 3,336]

I don’t understand why most cars don’t even have an option to set it to always be off 

[MLCKAA 586]

It doesn’t bother me.

[Maximum Overkill 2,494]

7 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

I don’t understand why most cars don’t even have an option to set it to always be off 

Most cars have an on/off button for it, otherwise you can go into the computer and disable it all together. 

[Ron_Artest 2,301]

Never owned a car with this feature.  Have been in cars with this feature and don't see what the big deal is.

[TimHauck 3,336]

2 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

Never owned a car with this feature.  Have been in cars with this feature and don't see what the big deal is.

Biggest concern is it’s not good for the engine.

It’s also annoying. In mine it’s slow to turn back on, so you can’t press the gas that quick when the light turns green.

[Ron_Artest 2,301]

Just now, TimHauck said:

Biggest concern is it’s not good for the engine.

It’s also annoying. In mine it’s slow to turn back on, so you can’t press the gas that quick when the light turns green.

From my understanding is that it's only wear and tear on the starter and battery, so they designed better starters and batteries to compensate.  Maybe @SUXBNME can offer an opinion on if it's bad for the engine.

[avoiding injuries 1,652]

1 hour ago, Maximum Overkill said:

I disabled mine 

How?

[avoiding injuries 1,652]

45 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

From my understanding is that it's only wear and tear on the starter and battery, so they designed better starters and batteries to compensate.  Maybe @SUXBNME can offer an opinion on if it's bad for the engine.

So I asked the dealer about this when I bought the car and he said the same thing, “better starter and battery”. So I asked why they haven’t used those better parts before this feature or with the cars without this feature?

Its bullshiit. 

[Ron_Artest 2,301]

2 minutes ago, avoiding injuries said:

So I asked the dealer about this when I bought the car and he said the same thing, “better starter and battery”. So I asked why they haven’t used those better parts before this feature or with the cars without this feature?

Its bullshiit. 

No it's common sense. Why would you put a battery and starter in a car that is designed to start multiple times per day when you don't need it to?

[lickin_starfish 2,011]

17 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

No it's common sense. Why would you put a battery and starter in a car that is designed to start multiple times per day when you don't need it to?

Why would you make a car engine stop and start multiple times when you don't need to?

[Ron_Artest 2,301]

7 minutes ago, lickin_starfish said:

Why would you make a car engine stop and start multiple times when you don't need to?

Save gas and reduce emissions 

[lickin_starfish 2,011]

5 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

Save gas and reduce emissions 

Doing the math, auto stop/start would save me an average of 5% of fuel consumption. That's .91 gallons of gas for a savings of $2.82 per week. I don't see a need for me to drive a truck that has crippled performance.

[TimHauck 3,336]

1 hour ago, Ron_Artest said:

From my understanding is that it's only wear and tear on the starter and battery, so they designed better starters and batteries to compensate.  Maybe @SUXBNME can offer an opinion on if it's bad for the engine.

Well he did already say in this thread that this was dumb 

[Maximum Overkill 2,494]

50 minutes ago, avoiding injuries said:

How?

What make/model? 

[Ron_Artest 2,301]

11 minutes ago, lickin_starfish said:

Doing the math, auto stop/start would save me an average of 5% of fuel consumption. That's .91 gallons of gas for a savings of $2.82 per week. I don't see a need for me to drive a truck that has crippled performance.

Well no one is making you, but anyway, curious as to how it cripples performance?

[Ron_Artest 2,301]

12 minutes ago, TimHauck said:

Well he did already say in this thread that this was dumb 

Being dumb and being bad for the engine are 2 different things. 

[avoiding injuries 1,652]

21 minutes ago, Maximum Overkill said:

What make/model? 

Grand Cherokee

[lickin_starfish 2,011]

11 minutes ago, Ron_Artest said:

Well no one is making you, but anyway, curious as to how it cripples performance?

The Government "incentivizes" manufacturers to put ESS on all newer vehicles through regulations. So yeah, we are pretty much made to have it, unless you want a 10 year old vehicle.

It cripples performance by having to start the engine before accelerating from a stop.

[Ron_Artest 2,301]

5 minutes ago, lickin_starfish said:

The Government "incentivizes" manufacturers to put ESS on all newer vehicles through regulations. So yeah, we are pretty much made to have it, unless you want a 10 year old vehicle.

It cripples performance by having to start the engine before accelerating from a stop.

Sounds terrible.

I drive a 10 year old vehicle.  It's pretty good.

[Maximum Overkill 2,494]

2 hours ago, avoiding injuries said:

Grand Cherokee

The Jeep Grand Cherokee, like many modern vehicles, features an Auto Stop/Start system, also known as ESS (Engine Stop-Start), which automatically shuts off the engine when the vehicle is stopped to save fuel. To manually disable the system, there's a dedicated stop/start switch. Pressing this switch will turn off the system, and the switch's light will indicate that it's disabled. The system can be re-enabled by pressing the switch again. 

How it works:

The Auto Stop/Start system activates automatically when the engine is started. 

When the vehicle is brought to a complete stop, the engine will shut down. 

To restart the engine, simply release the brake pedal or gently press the accelerator. 

The instrument cluster's stop/start page can be used to check the system's status. 

The system is designed to save fuel by not idling while the vehicle is stationary. 

 

 

[TheNewGirl 1,637]

5 hours ago, Maximum Overkill said:

Most cars have an on/off button for it, otherwise you can go into the computer and disable it all together. 

This is what I did for mine as well. 

[Mike Honcho 5,474]

Y'all still have cars?

 

[posty 2,822]

My wife's and daughter's car both have that feature...  Some how it got permanently shutoff on my wife's car...

All I know is that I hated it especially on a hot day and getting stopped at a traffic light for some time...

Damn first world problems...

[TBayXXXVII 2,675]

So this feature is supposed to reduce emissions and be better for the environment.  They found it's not good for the battery, so they mine more lithium (which is worse for the environment that the initial problem), to address the current problem, which isn't as efficient as if they never addressed the "initial problem" in the first place.

This is another "we need to stop cutting down trees and produce plastic instead" situation.