Disable Eco start/stop action permanently

[txfromwi]

Does that turn the idiot light permanently on?
It's very bright for me at night...

 

[scapistron]

It does not turn the light on. Keep in mind I haven't driven hundreds of miles with this configuration. I make no guarantees of it working.

 

[itsaguything]

Sent previous by mistake.
Thanks for the suggestion, but after one day of ownership we adopted that procedure. In my opinion, start/stop mode creates a potential unsafe condition at non signaled intersections. Tks Billy H

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[jlglr4]

Very interesting. I had heard there was a way some shops could turn it off - maybe this is it. Mine never worked (bought used), so maybe the prior owner did this mod.

As a related matter, I believe the start/stop battery once it dies will drag down the main battery. I was getting a few strange electrical probs recently, including erratic low volts on my main battery. Tested the start/stop battery and it was fried (lasted two years of just sitting under the hood). Removed it entirely and all the strange electrical issues are gone. Just FYI.

 

[LB Bill]

As a related matter, I believe the start/stop battery once it dies will drag down the main battery. I was getting a few strange electrical probs recently, including erratic low volts on my main battery. Tested the start/stop battery and it was fried (lasted two years of just sitting under the hood). Removed it entirely and all the strange electrical issues are gone. Just FYI.

Same here. Over two years now with a dead stop/start battery. The working stop/start function annoys me way more than the warning light. No strange electrical probs as yet, or corrosion, but I should probably get it out of there. Or give in and replace it and go back to turning it off every time I start the truck. I haven't attempted to switch it off using the GAP, but that's a good thought! May give my mechanic a call on that, first.

 

[scapistron]

Nevermind, just triggered. Sad face.

 

[16FujiDisco]

This can be disabled permanently through a performance tune; I set that as a special instruction when I got mine. Not sure what they do in the process and if it can be done a different way, but it’s a permanent fix and the only way I know of.

 

[LB Bill]

This can be disabled permanently through a performance tune; I set that as a special instruction when I got mine. Not sure what they do in the process and if it can be done a different way, but it’s a permanent fix and the only way I know of.

Excellent! Just the motivation that I needed to do the Stage 2. Thanks!

 

[16FujiDisco]

And to clarify, it is disabled WITHOUT having the light on the dash constantly. The only time my light has come on is when the aux battery went bad; went away after replacing.