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AutoStop/Start Not Working
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AutoStop/Start Not Working
Hi, noticed over the last couple of days (well since I drove it from the garage tbh), that there's an AutoStop/Start indicator with a line through it. Is that a setting that needs to be turned on, is it normal or should i get it looked at?
tbh not really fussed about stop/start unless it saves me a shed load of fuel!
tbh not really fussed about stop/start unless it saves me a shed load of fuel!
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Hi, stop/start will only work when the cars fully up to temp & carrying a fully charged battery-if these criteria aren’t met it’s not operationalcre8toruk wrote: ↑Tue Jan 08, 2019 3:22 pm Hi, noticed over the last couple of days (well since I drove it from the garage tbh), that there's an AutoStop/Start indicator with a line through it. Is that a setting that needs to be turned on, is it normal or should i get it looked at?
tbh not really fussed about stop/start unless it saves me a shed load of fuel!
Rob
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On some cars (Volvo XC70) it also needs outside air temp to be above a certain figure even with a fully charged battery and oil up to temp..
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Be grateful it's off!
My only experience of it on a 1 Series included a new battery after just over 4 years and a new starter motor after just over 6 years. After that I turned it off every time I used the car!
It's a hateful invention.
My only experience of it on a 1 Series included a new battery after just over 4 years and a new starter motor after just over 6 years. After that I turned it off every time I used the car!
It's a hateful invention.
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Don't worry - The system hasn't worked on our 335xd for weeks either - there are conditions that have to be met before it works - Temperature/Battery level for starters (no pun intended)
Personally I don't like it and I don't think it saves any significant amount of fuel.
Personally I don't like it and I don't think it saves any significant amount of fuel.
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So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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It’s possible to code this function with Carly so it remembers its last selected state instead of defaulting to “on” every time the car’s started
Rob
Rob
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Vidi, vici, veni
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I didn’t realise they fitted it to the E89 - My 2016 35is doesn’t and nor did my previous 2010 3.0l have it fitted.
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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Be glad it doesn't work!
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Does it show up as an option in a VIN search?
OP, I had stop/start in a work toyotal corolla and it stopped working a while before the battery did. But as others have pointed out, the Z4 stop/start seems dependent on other factors such as temperature (and you're in the middle of winter at the moment) so it may be related to that instead.
OP, I had stop/start in a work toyotal corolla and it stopped working a while before the battery did. But as others have pointed out, the Z4 stop/start seems dependent on other factors such as temperature (and you're in the middle of winter at the moment) so it may be related to that instead.
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The 6 cylinder cars never had it Ron
Rob
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As I suspected!
If it was such an environmental and fuel saving boon as they suggest, then surely the bigger engines / less economical cars would have benefited more?
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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I suspect it might be tied in with the fact the bigger engine takes a lot more out of the battery to spin it over to start so stop/start is probably not sustainable for that reason
Rob
e89 Sdrive 20i, plenty of mumbo & good economy-the thinking bears z4
e89 Sdrive 30i, this ones busted, pass me another...
e85 3.0si sold
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I don’t think that’s the reason as our 335xd has a six cyl Diesel engine - I would think that would take a lot more energy to spin than the petrol alternative?
(Higher rotating mass and compression ratio)
Never mind it’s not a system I miss
You don't stop playing when you get old - You get old when you stop playing!
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
So I bought a 35is with all the toys to play with.
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Stop / Start allows the manufacturer to squeeze through the various mpg drive cycles especially the urban mode.
I guess if you are in stop start traffic crawling though a city etc it would help...
If you just stop at intersections in the countryside it’s a waste of time..IMHO..
I guess if you are in stop start traffic crawling though a city etc it would help...
If you just stop at intersections in the countryside it’s a waste of time..IMHO..