Start/Stop Technology
- Thread starter baabootoo
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I have 1000% had the engine stop on me with the AC on. I always have it on. Vented seat too.
For what it's worth, I also had it happen with both heat and defrost on during the winter months when I first got the car.
what setting for the fan. I use 3 and I've gotten in the car is 96 degrees and never had S/S activated and air is on. Only I have to disengage auto stop is when the air is not on early in the morning. Later RJD
Fan is usually around 3, could have been 2-5 though. Temp is usually set to 67-69 in the winter, 72-74 in summer.
I can't say that I've had it activate in 90 degree+ weather, but I haven't exactly tested it.
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Aren't they all built in Windsor?and put together at different assembly plants.
Yes they are only thing my dealer tracking said it left the plant at Windsor and moved to a facility in Detroit to install emblems then loaded on rail car. Later RJD
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I WILL reset my mileage right away, after I go check my version date. AFTER breakfast though........... All this typing is making me hungry.
Just to add another data point. My start/stop definitely kicks in with the A/C running. A/C is set to Auto 68 degrees F. Outside temp is in the 80's. I find it disconcerting, especially when the engine turns on and off several times while sitting at a stoplight, which has happened once or twice. Easy enough to turn that feature off, but I'm still experimenting and wanted to see how it operates before I bypass it. I doubt it saves me much gas (if any), which is what I assume it is designed to do.
Your out side temp will not require the air compressor to kick in all the time. My Nephew rented a 2014 Tahoe so we all could go sight seeing, air temp was around 85 and has the air on , Would get to a stop light and the S/S would kick in. So I said when we get to the nest light we stop at turn the air as high as it will go. Sure enough the S/S did not kick in. So this maybe what is going on with yours. Try it and see what happens. Later RJD
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On a side note......... I LOVE how when you turn off the fan all the way it also turns off the HVAC!
I'm sure you're correct and that's exactly what is going on. I'm just playing with it right now. If I don't want it to engage, I can always just turn it off. I know you meant it as a diagnostic to verify what is happening. But I find it amusing that one method to bypass the energy saving start/stop feature is by creating a greater demand for energy by turning up the A/C.
It’s now a habit for me to just push the button before putting the Charger into Drive, as I already mentioned.
For one of my two Durangos, all I had to do was purchase a “bypass jumper cable” and install it underneath the passenger-side dash. It took less than five minutes. The other Durango’s Auto Stop battery doesn’t charge anymore, so I just left it alone.
On the other hand, I didn’t attempt the same for the Charger after reading somewhere that nearly the whole dashboard needs to be removed to access the location that needs to be bypassed???
For one of my two Durangos, all I had to do was purchase a “bypass jumper cable” and install it underneath the passenger-side dash. It took less than five minutes. The other Durango’s Auto Stop battery doesn’t charge anymore, so I just left it alone.
On the other hand, I didn’t attempt the same for the Charger after reading somewhere that nearly the whole dashboard needs to be removed to access the location that needs to be bypassed???
Yeah I just push the button by habit now. My plan is to get a diablosport when they drop. It can disable the stop/start by default.
You probably heard about the dash disassembly from me. I watched a video of a Doge tech swap the touch buttons just above the start/stop button on a Daytona. He didn't touch the lower row of buttons but I assume all the previous steps need to be done to get to those as well.
I really do not see the need to by pass just get use to using what's available and save some time and money for better up grades.
Later RJD
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I am SO lucky............that mine never engages.........
Sport mode shuts off the Start/Stop so you don't have to I've given up on shutting it off, seems to star up very fast as I have seen. We only get heat in the 90's a few days at a time in Boston, so it DOES shut off with the AC on, but it will kick back on once the HVAC needs to cool, the EVAP core is still cold for some time. The S/S would be better if it would watch the traffic/lights to predict how long to shut off
all that said, if I could shut it off completely I probably would.
all that said, if I could shut it off completely I probably would.
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Good point.
I mean, to each their own, but the diablosport will also add HP so it's win/win.I really do not see the need to by pass just get use to using what's available and save some time and money for better up grades.
The engine stopping bothers me a lot. I've said it before that I don't mind that the feature exists, I am irrationally annoyed that it defaults to being on.
I'm all for protecting the environment but there are more sensible ways to do that.
It would probably be a lot less annoying if it just remembered the last setting rather then defaulting to on every time you turn the car on. Then you could decide how you want it to behave regardless of whether your preference was on or off. There's probably some reason Dodge didn't program it that way. Some federal MPG requirement maybe? That only a WAG on my part
Actually the government said manufactures no longer need this feature and they can stop putting on cars. One thing that annoys me is the cruise control has to be activated each time you start the car why not let it stay on like GM does. Well I guess if your into more power then it works for you. Later RJD
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