2017 Ecoboost stop-start tech question
02-14-2016, 09:53 PM
#11
Senior Member
Thread Starter
After yesterday I may have hit my patience with it... Took my wife out for a day errands aka: shopping everywhere I didn't want to be.
I demonstrated to her the start stop functionality and we both commented how cool. Throughout the day the damn thing kept starting back up shortly after shutting down. It was especially annoying in a drive through as I felt all it was doing was starting and stopping. It got to the point of being comical and we joked how "cool" it still was...
Needless to say i will be turning it off the next time we run errands but for the morning commute to work seems to be less annoying and more realistic.
Regarding the comment about cold weather, I thought the same but have not noticed. Yesterday was 5 degrees and would have thought it would be disabled. The function appears to auto disable not when it's cold outside but when the engine is cold. For the first 20 min or so of our drive the indicator came on stating it was disabled, after that it started working.
Another interesting observation, while stopped with the engine off I cranked the heat and fan and it immediately started up. So it appears power consumption also plays into whether or not it stops the engine and for how long. So what C7Jake posted is spot on.
I demonstrated to her the start stop functionality and we both commented how cool. Throughout the day the damn thing kept starting back up shortly after shutting down. It was especially annoying in a drive through as I felt all it was doing was starting and stopping. It got to the point of being comical and we joked how "cool" it still was...
Needless to say i will be turning it off the next time we run errands but for the morning commute to work seems to be less annoying and more realistic.
Regarding the comment about cold weather, I thought the same but have not noticed. Yesterday was 5 degrees and would have thought it would be disabled. The function appears to auto disable not when it's cold outside but when the engine is cold. For the first 20 min or so of our drive the indicator came on stating it was disabled, after that it started working.
Another interesting observation, while stopped with the engine off I cranked the heat and fan and it immediately started up. So it appears power consumption also plays into whether or not it stops the engine and for how long. So what C7Jake posted is spot on.
02-15-2016, 12:00 PM
#12
Senior Member
^ no, you have to disable it every time you start the truck.
02-16-2016, 12:49 AM
#13
Senior Member
02-16-2016, 02:14 AM
#14
That explains it...I was wondering why my autostop wasn't working, I must have had the defroster on, amongst other variables. However it does state that when the autostop is enabled, putting it in Park will NOT restart the engine, however I have noticed that is not true.
02-16-2016, 02:59 AM
#15
Senior Member
Can this be turned off via IDS if not my 15 will be my last Ford. Have ridden other vehicles with this including Fords and hate it.
Maybe back to Nissan we go
Maybe back to Nissan we go
02-16-2016, 09:14 AM
#17
02-16-2016, 10:03 AM
#18
There are a LOT of things and situations that disable it. I dont know all of them but having the window defroster on, the wheel being turned to a certain degree, temps outside.. Just to name a few. Like a lot of other people have said, theres a button on the dash, but you have to press it every time you get in the truck(which is too much for some people). Personally, i really like it and it definitely helps out on gas mileage.
Source: my brother is an engineer on the stop/start team at ford.
Source: my brother is an engineer on the stop/start team at ford.
02-16-2016, 11:17 AM
#19
02-16-2016, 12:26 PM
#20
When it shuts down, you can put it in park and it'll stay off, and you can even put it back in drive and it'll still stay off until you start releasing the brake pedal. What turned it back on was when you either unbuckled your belt, or opened your door. Both of those will disable the start-stop and restart the engine, and this is to prevent people from forgetting their truck is still "running" and getting out. If it was still in drive and you got out, it would start crawling away from you
