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Jul 20th, 2018, 11:33 | #1 |
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Stop Start Question
My car has stop start, and my commute is 6 miles a day ( I do a few longer runs each month ). I've started turning the stop/start off on my commute as it's through town so it may stop/start 8 or 9 times on the short journey. So I figure that's bad for the car as thats like doing 8/9 short journeys ( I know diesels can get clogged up on too many short journeys ).
Just wanted some opinions, will turning the stop, start off have any detrimental affects (I know the mpg may go up slightly), but for example will the stop/start battery still charge if the feature is turned off etc. Or am I just being silly, and I should just leave it turned on? Thnaks |
Jul 20th, 2018, 12:29 | #2 |
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I've just bought a V60 with this stop/start feature and have decided to turn it off, at least whenever I remember to!
I can't see it does any harm to make this feature inactive, other than in relation to economy and emissions. In fact the car itself often decides to make this feature unavailable, in my case either because of the battery state of charge or the outside temperature. |
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Jul 20th, 2018, 14:10 | #4 |
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I turn it off as part of my regular routine.
Press start button, put seat belt on while it's starting, turn off start/stop, twiddle radio, drive off.
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Jul 20th, 2018, 16:10 | #5 |
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Ditto, stop start is a pain in the butt.
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Jul 20th, 2018, 19:34 | #6 |
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Volvo stop/start just about as good as any
In the last few years I have driven a few hire cars with Stop/Start. Easily the best was a Ford Focus 1.5 turbo petrol with a traditional torque converter auto box. Hardly knew the S/S was there to be honest. The worst, would you believe, was an Audi A4 2.0 turbo diesel with a DSG auto box. Using S/S the diesel started up with some clatter and vibration most times and, much worse, the power assisted steering took about half a second to kick in after a start. That was somewhat disconcerting when making an immediate turn pulling away at traffic lights or a junction! My own car is an S80 D3 S/S with a torque converter auto box. IMHO the Volvo S/S is nearly as good as the Ford, but as you would expect the diesel engine re-starts with just a bit more fuss than the petrol. No problems with the power steering. I keep my Volvo S/S on all the time and it does not bother me. I have never driven a manual car with S/S and can see that might well be a completely different experience.
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Jul 21st, 2018, 09:27 | #7 |
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If its helpful, when i start the car I usually check by briefly pressing the my car button to see if its available ( which usually for one of twenty or so reasons or maybe because the moon is in the wrong quadrent - it is not ) This prepares me for what is coming next. I dont usually deselect it. I find that very gentle progressive braking usually doesnt trigger it even if its available. You are not gojng to damage anything anyway as the starter motor is not the one fitted to normal cars but a much heavier duty one as are the batteries. The smaller start/ stop battery is gel and charges quickly, but its the other main car battery that is the one that controls availability as the sytem wont activate if this is less than 80% charged. Things like heated seats will affect this or aircon on full pelt may.
If you have an auto box and stop start switches off the engine when you are parkin, dont leave the car without pressing the engine on / off button on the dash as the engine may start again and the car could start moving again if still in drive! Crazy but true. Just another one of the design features that the volvo engineers may have created after too having many sherberts the night before.
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Jul 21st, 2018, 11:20 | #8 |
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So many variables affect the feature that it rarely kicks in for me anyway, especially during this hot weather. I've had the car maybe a month and the engine has stopped just three times. It so infrequently works that each time I assumed I'd stalled and restarted the engine hehe
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Jul 21st, 2018, 12:52 | #9 |
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I would agree with the last post. There seems to be a narrow window where it will function properly. Extremes of heat and cold certainly affect it. So does battery condition.
I would agree that it switches off in some totally silly places, like junctions and sometimes it does not immediatly restart. Imagine not being able to restart the engine straight away on say a train crossing. Change of underwear time.
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