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Stop / Start is off or will not be functioning for some of the many reasons Stop / Start is inhibited.

Low outside temp, low battery or high power drain etc etc

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Sorry confused, i thought you were asking a general question.

 

Do you have a car with this symbol showing all the time and Stop / Start not working? 

Is it as simple as the button pressed so that Stop / Start is switched off?

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You would want the Stop / Start to not operate then,

or you might have no brakes when you want to use the brakes to stop hitting into something.

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The symbol comes up if the Stop / Start is inhibited. 

If you want brakes with servo assistance the engine needs to be on. If rolling in neutral you want brakes.

 

Best read the owners manual.

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Nothing to worry about, just mean the stop/start is not kicking in for a number of reasons. I get this symbol everyday, normally on the drive to work as the car is still cold and I have my heated seats on at this time of year.

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As stated above... Mine does this, the stop/start is dependent on all sorts of things, battery voltage, load and temperature to name a few... On cold days I can go 12 miles to the next village stop at the traffic lights and get that symbol.. nothing to worry about unless it stays on every time :) 

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With my common lead acid battery it works very rarely, but regardless of that it's too cold for it to function here as of now.

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Got wired in!

Plugged into the OBD port and went on twitter or some laptop type magic.

Changed settings, maybe even used the A/C / temp setting to ensure Stop / Start did not come on as default each time the car starts.

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Yes good,

and then you are using fuel at Miles per gallons covered and not how many hours running like heavy plant, generators, planes etc.

Maybe vehicles without Stop / Start should be sold on 'Hours engine ran' & not on 'Low Mileage' etc.

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30 minutes ago, thekaratekid said:

I've noticed the auto start/stop working less.  Could it be this cold weather this week?

 

Doesn't trigger if the outside temperature is below the threshold (3 degrees Celsius if I remember correctly) and if the cabin or engine are too cold.

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It is not too concerned about the Cabin temp as long as the actual temp and the setting you put the heating to is not more then 8*oC different as i remember.

When Stop / Start is working and i want it off i just whack up the temp higher, or press the A/C on rather than going to the Stop/Start 'Off' switch.

Quick at a risky junction where i am not going to want any delay, even the slightest.

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