AutoStop dident work at all...

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02-06-2006, 01:38 PM

countrysHCH

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Re: AutoStop dident work at all...

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02-06-2006, 02:59 PM

CGameProgrammer

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Re: AutoStop dident work at all...

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Originally Posted by AZMerf

I've noticed this behavior too. It frustrating because I am not sure I know what I am doing wrong. I tend the release the brake slightly at the stop so the stop is more smooth. I think that might be what I am doing wrong. That is going to be a bad habit to break.

That too occured to me as being a possible cause, but when autostop works, the car won't turn it back on until the brake is fully released, not partially. When I came to a line of cars at a stop sign on a downhill, I could stop / creep / stop without the engine ever turning on, since I'd just adjust pressure on the brake to stop or coast.

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02-06-2006, 09:32 PM

chesleyn

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Re: AutoStop dident work at all...

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Originally Posted by CGameProgrammer

After autostop engages, it can only engage once more if your speed never rises above 9 mph. So frequently in really bad stop-and-go the car ends up idling. Also, there have been times when I slow to a stop and the auto-stop engages, but when I finally hit 0 mph it suddenly starts the engine again and I sit there idling. Really annoying.

I have the same problem too. I've tried to learn to change my feathering habits. Usually happens though on a hard brake (the light turns red 3 seconds before the intersection.) I wonder if the police would understand that I was trying to be eco conscious, and that was why I ran the red light?