The "Auto Stop-Start" is so annoying!!!!

rob4092xx said:

Anyone install one of these yet????

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Just ordered mine today. Will update once installed

Rjalbright3 said:

Just ordered mine today. Will update once installed

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Awesome....looking forward to hearing just how difficult it is to remove the top dash piece.

You guys should have gotten an XLT. I have a button on the center console. Turn on/off auto stop without just a simple click of a button.

That being said, it does not bother me at all.

dlcorbett said:

Even if the engine was on, by time the threat or danger was noticed, it would be too late anyway. No matter how strong the engine, the ability for the car to move the vehicle that fast from a stand still, esp a behicle the size of the expy makes the argument that its insafe with it off pretty much mute.

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I was in a left turn lane waiting to make a turn and not in the middle of the intersection as I think that's pretty dangerous, traffic flowing past me 45mph and up. I noticed an oncoming car swerve on to the shoulder, then I saw another car coming straight at me. I had enough time to crank my steering wheel to the right, left off the brake and the engine idle was just enough to go to the right a little and avoid a dead on head on collision from a drunk driver. Piece of sh*t drunk driver still totaled my modded Mercury Marauder. But I was able to avoid a full head on collision because the engine was running. I also had the idle rpms bumped up a tad in my tune so that may have also helped.



This is an interesting topic. I personally don't like the stop start just because of the cranking of the motor and oil draining back into the pan. Not a fan of premature wear and tear just to save a few gallons of gas over a year.


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MaximumGeek said:

You guys should have gotten an XLT. I have a button on the center console. Turn on/off auto stop without just a simple click of a button.

That being said, it does not bother me at all.

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They all have the button. Folks on here just don’t like to have to add that as part of their start-up routine. But mine doesn’t bother me at all either. And I guess due to the cold weather, it hasn’t actually turned the car off in several weeks due to “vehicle charging”. Who knows.

guspech750 said:

I was in a left turn lane waiting to make a turn and not in the middle of the intersection as I think that's pretty dangerous, traffic flowing past me 45mph and up. I noticed an oncoming car swerve on to the shoulder, then I saw another car coming straight at me. I had enough time to crank my steering wheel to the right, left off the brake and the engine idle was just enough to go to the right a little and avoid a dead on head on collision from a drunk driver. Piece of sh*t drunk driver still totaled my modded Mercury Marauder. But I was able to avoid a full head on collision because the engine was running. I also had the idle rpms bumped up a tad in my tune so that may have also helped.

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The revs would be sufficient on startup. That being said, I have run in to trouble once when I was trying to do a quick right turn into traffic from a stop; car came on quickly enough but not quickly enough to juice the power steering and I almost went an extra lane over as my assist wasn’t there. It was a little scary but I’ve just adjusted. No big deal.

Installed my auto start-stop device over the weekend without issue.

The top dash piece comes off relatively easy, however I found it easier to use a small flat plastic pry tool and come in front the sides on the front rather then trying to pull up just on the front per the instructions.

The nav bezel comes off pretty easy too, however I couldn’t get it to pop off easily at the very bottom where the climate controls are. So rather then forcing and breaking something I just popped the switch out in place as there was enough room up top for me to work.

All said it took about 10min to complete and it works as advertised. Everytime I start the truck the off light is illuminated.

Did the dash get scratched or marred at all from the pry tools?

rob4092xx said:

Did the dash get scratched or marred at all from the pry tools?

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No. I was cautious and lined the front and sides of top tray with painters tape. I also had a microfiber towel placed under the pry tool on each side.

The tool just helped to get the corners up. It didn’t take much pressure to get the pins to pop. I felt like I was stressing way to hard on the front bezel trying to do the pinch and pull up method described in the instructions. Thus the reason I opted to try the pry tool.

FYI:
If you plug something into the AC 110V plug on the back of the console the start/stop will not engage. When I plug my iPhone fast charger and phone in there the truck doesn’t turn off and the message center says that’s why. If I disconnect my phone but leave the charger plugged in then it does start/stop.

Any pictures of this install? I just completed my order today . . .