EricTheOracle

Apparently the 2017 F150 is coming with stop/start standard in an effort to save fuel when stopped.

I leave my truck idling all the time because it is cold outside. Does anybody know if there is a way to over-ride the stop-start feature or is Ford attempting to opt out of consideration for northern climate work trucks?

130428

my dear Eric...

you're a member since 2011, I would have expected better from you. This is being asked weekly, regarding the 15, 16 and 17s.

Yes, the auto start-stop is fully disabl'able, just a button on the dash.

TerryH22

It's also called... leaving it in Park...

If you are idling it when not in it, I assume it is in Park? Auto Start/Stop is not activated in park.

130428

that is actually a good point

(or leave it in D, crank the wheel, and let it go 'round in circles? )

moguy1973

And if the outside temperature is below a certain level it disables itself also. Same with high temps.

kyle.foisy@gmail.com

It will also restart itself if it has been in auto off mode for too long.

C7Jake

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Zoomerang

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.

MattB1969

It starts and stops because your too light on the break pedal 👍

Rabbit

It was 10 degrees here yesterday. I drove 1 mile to the C store(no time for the truck to warm up) and the truck shut off. I put it in park and it did not restart. As I was going in the store it restarted. Dealer says there's nothing wrong with it. I usually turn it off!