Stop/start re starting?

[Goonerman1]

I have the Stop/Start feature on my car which seems to be re starting on it's own when sat in traffic. Is this right or should it only re start when the Clutch pedal is pressed down??

[BeefMasta]

I have the Stop/Start feature on my car which seems to be re starting on it's own when sat in traffic. Is this right or should it only re start when the Clutch pedal is pressed down??

Sounds normal. If I remember correctly, there's like 70+ reasons it will re-start or not turn off when stopped.

Are you stopped in traffic for an extended period? Got the radio on loud? Have the aircon on? etc. All factors effecting the charge.

[ICF]

The restart is correct.My DS3 does the same thing.The length of engine stop depends on length of journey , and what things you have running on the car like fan ,heated ,rear window, lights etc

[lfcrule1972]

Yep as above, after a long journey mine can wait over 5mins (nearer 10) before it restarts, on short journeys less than a minute depending upon the battery drain etc. I think Bigfeet posted a list of factors that affect the start/stop activity but I couldn't find it this morning......

[Goonerman1]

ahhhhh interesting..... thanks for the quick responses guy

[Gatecrasher]

Interesting stuff, I have noticed the same thing. I just put it down to either the battery running down or the engine starting to cool. Sometimes it will go off then kick in less than 10 seconds later if I'm stopped just after starting my journey.

[Bigfeet]

Little hint to find the info...

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[BeefMasta]

Courtesy of Bigfeet: Function - Stop and Start.

[Goonerman1]

cheers

[peter m]

Recently bought an airdream 110 ,if engine restarts after being stationary due to stop start function i find it will not stop again unless i move off or depress clutch again.Is this normal.

[Bigfeet]

^ Yes

I take it what you are trying to ask is that if the engine restarts by it's own accord is the 'stop' function is disabled until you set off. When the engine restarts the onboard ECU has picked something up which it is not happy with.

[peter m]

I thought when i first had car that the engine would go into stop mode and after being stationary for awhile the engine would restart , say for instance aircon on then would after go back into stop mode whilst in still stationary or until i pressed clutch.Now once engine restarts it never goes into stop mode unless i depress clutch again.

If I depress clutch pedal after stop/start restarts engine the engine will stop, and will restart after awhile again if engine starts I can stop engine by depressing clutch again.I hope this makes sense.

[Nick86]

Hi guys
Is this stop/start feature on all brand new models or just an added feature?

[peter m]

As far as I know its on all airdream models,unless someone says different

[cyclone]

I thought when i first had car that the engine would go into stop mode and after being stationary for awhile the engine would restart , say for instance aircon on then would after go back into stop mode whilst in still stationary or until i pressed clutch.Now once engine restarts it never goes into stop mode unless i depress clutch again.

If I depress clutch pedal after stop/start restarts engine the engine will stop, and will restart after awhile again if engine starts I can stop engine by depressing clutch again.I hope this makes sense.

Sounds like once the car has restarted that when you press the clutch to stop it again you are also restarting the logic circuit that decides if and how long the the engine should shut down.