Defeated auto stop / start on my 2021 Traverse

[JTK]

I’m very glad our 2022 4Runner doesn’t have this. Unfortunately, the new Tacoma probably does, but who knows.

Right? Same with my 2022 Frontier. No stop/start. 2023+ has it, but does have an off button at least.

 

[dlundblad]

Right? Same with my 2022 Frontier. No stop/start. 2023+ has it, but does have an off button at least.

Good to know about the frontier. That model interests me too.

 

[z71bill]

Hmmm, I can shut off stop/start in my bimmer by pressing the tab about the start/stop press button.

But you have to do that every time you start the engine - if you could turn it off and it stayed off until you wanted to turn it on - or stay on until you wanted to turn it off - it wouldn't be an issue.

The gov forced the car companies to make it "on" so it turns the motor off ever time you stop as the default.

Government hates you - they think they know what is best for you - and if you disagree they will kill you.

(only a slight exaggeration)

 

[Cheetah-kins]

On my wife's 2015 X1 you can turn the auto start on or off with a switch and it doesn't default back every time you start the vehicle - once off it stays off unless you choose to turn it back on . Not sure why every car with auto start/stop doesn't have such a switch. It also shows you how much auto start/stop is hated as there are numerous cottage industry products available that allow you to disable it if the vehicle came with it permanently on.

My wife and I both really dislike start/stop. If her vehicle had come with no way to turn it off we wouldn't have bought the vehicle even though we both liked it a lot. You'd think manufacturers would realize they will lose some sales over forcing this upon the public.

 

[thescreensavers]

The gov forced the car companies to make it "on" so it turns the motor off ever time you stop as the default.

I believe it has to do with how the car was tested to get the EPA mpg ratings. So they have to sell it in the same config.