Auto start/stop defeat
Mudding
Joined: Mar 2024
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From: San Diego
It's a no-brainer that the auto stop-start function increases wear and tear on starters, and also on engines due to intermittent brief interruptions to engine bearing oil flow. The only reason for this feature was so manufacturers could achieve Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) requirements. What's best for vehicle operation and longevity is not the highest priority for vehicle manufacturers or dealers, which is why my dealer service advisor said that the transmission fluid in my D5 Td6 should never be changed. ZF recommends 50,000 miles/80,000 km but I'll be changing it myself at 60,000 miles, when I do my next 7500-mile oil change.
Mudding
Joined: Nov 2019
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From: Las Vegas, NV
As much as it is a no brainer that a great marketing strategy is to produce a product that fails too soon. Yes, the stop start adds stresses. And the parts are designed to handle those stresses. But, in reality, if reliability was the top concern of a driver, they wouldn't be buying a Land Rover.
4wd Low
Joined: Feb 2024
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that’s a convenience feature you can turn off if you’d like. The. It’ll stay in normal ride height. It’s the feature where the car goes into access height when you turn the car off and is parked
Mudding
Joined: Mar 2024
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From: San Diego
I wouldn’t use such a defeat device. If the car thinks a trailer is attached it’s going to behave differently.
While concerns on starter or battery wear may be valid, disabling it by pushing the button when you start up and put on your seatbelt eventually becomes second nature. Even if you occasionally (or always) forget and you push the button the first time the engine cuts out it’s just one extra start cycle and hardly likely to make any difference long term just as it wouldn’t if someone drove their car once per day or two.
While concerns on starter or battery wear may be valid, disabling it by pushing the button when you start up and put on your seatbelt eventually becomes second nature. Even if you occasionally (or always) forget and you push the button the first time the engine cuts out it’s just one extra start cycle and hardly likely to make any difference long term just as it wouldn’t if someone drove their car once per day or two.
While I do find the inability to turn off the auto on/off by default, given the interaction of that feature with other systems (not to mention LR's renowned sensitivity), I am very wary of 3rd party "solutions."
Mudding
Joined: Mar 2024
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From: San Diego
If you mean it stays off for the current trip after pushing the button, that's is the default.
Mudding
Joined: Nov 2021
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From: Southern CA
I think they performed the same tweak as the lucky8 video above; MultiCAN-566 MHLastUserMode: enabled
Last edited by adam5; Dec 5, 2024 at 03:57 PM.
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