Hints, Tips and Tricks
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From: Foothills, AB
Read on another forum the "fix" for the auto start / stop delete / disable was to just cut the end off a zip tie and it squeezes in perfectly to "hold" the Off button in the Off position.
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Captain of Industry
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From: Arklahoma
There is no Off position. It's a spring-loaded microswitch that alternates between On and Off when pressed. Not sure if jamming it in would work, but there are numerous much better solutions.
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From: Arklahoma
A.S.S. was invented and adopted first by European and Japanese manufacturers which faced higher gas pricing and tougher economy tests with more stop/idle time than in the U.S. American manufacturers adopted it more recently as U.S. CAFE requirements increased and came to include light trucks. At least Ford provided a switch to turn it off; some manufacturers don't.
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I have a '15! Im home!! Good to know Im in the right part of the forum..
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From: Nebraska
I purchased my truck out of state. So when I receive my tags in the mail, I will be taking it for state inspection, emissions, transmission service and a once-over. If my mechanic can "locate" a device on my truck, I will let you know what it is. In all fairness, I have not been driving it enough to say if anything computer related will fail or would have quirks.
As for the auto start/stop feature in and of itself, I think it is one of dumbest things ever thought of. Probably invented by someone who holds a bunch of ignition-related manufacturer stock. Then there is the engineer two seats over who says to himself "WTF man!? I am going to add a button on the dash to turn that sh** off because it's a stupid idea" Then there is the guy at the board room table who says "Wait, let's charge the customer an easy $50 to permanently disable that feature" Personally, I would quickly get in the habit of pressing that button as part of my get-in-and-go routine - IF I had to. But why should I??
As for the auto start/stop feature in and of itself, I think it is one of dumbest things ever thought of. Probably invented by someone who holds a bunch of ignition-related manufacturer stock. Then there is the engineer two seats over who says to himself "WTF man!? I am going to add a button on the dash to turn that sh** off because it's a stupid idea" Then there is the guy at the board room table who says "Wait, let's charge the customer an easy $50 to permanently disable that feature" Personally, I would quickly get in the habit of pressing that button as part of my get-in-and-go routine - IF I had to. But why should I??
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From: Michigan
Thankfully I don’t have a vehicle with the start stop feature. But a friend of mine has a F150 with it and said that when you have a trailer hooked up for towing with the trailer lights connected the truck will automatically disable the *** feature. So when not towing, a way to fool the system is to put in one of those receiver hitch lights that connects to your trucks trailer electrical outlet for power.
