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Oct 20, 2017
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bushy7
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Ford also has this feature.
You should be able to turn the feature off.
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We have a rental car jeep this weekend that has this weird feature where the engine turns off whenever you stop restarts
Slim
All-American
10/20/17 9:45am
Ford also has this feature.
bushy7
10/20/17 9:46am
Yep, my F-150 has it. It was weird at first, but I'm used to it now. Supposedly
fredgarvin
10/20/17 9:56am
Sorry, that just sounds funny - "I turn off the start-stop feature when I have
ByuMba90
10/20/17 9:58am
Yeah, but trust me--when you're in stop and go traffic and you're stopped for
fredgarvin
10/20/17 10:00am
Is it required by regulations or something? It's on a lot of new cars
titlecoug
10/20/17 9:49am
I think on high emissions cars. It’s suppose to reduce emissions
carlstud
10/20/17 9:54am
Thanks a lot Obama
Dillinger
10/20/17 10:20am
It will probably be on all new cars eventually (link)
fredgarvin
10/20/17 9:57am
My car does this, but I can press a button near the ignition to turn that feature off
JOPE
10/20/17 9:53am
"start-stop technology". It's big in Europe.
HuskerFan2
10/20/17 9:54am
Supposedly it uses a different type of starter; it shouldn't wear it out faster
fredgarvin
10/20/17 9:58am
It is big over here. We get great gas mileage.
cruiserhead
10/20/17 10:23am
I had an old truck that did that... Well I had to restart it with the key, but it died when I stopped
Fetchin Fetcher
10/20/17 10:15am
Terrible "feature". Due to CAFE standards. My wife and I were
BYUFBDAD
10/20/17 10:34am
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