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Originally Posted by Anahymbrid
I had an unusual (but good) thing happen today. I was at a light in autostop mode. The car in front of me crept forward and I was fooled into thinking the light had changed, so I started moving forward. This has (in past) resulted in the engine restarting and staying running. I believe you have to move at 7mph or above and stop again before it will repeat autostop. Well, I only went 2 mph... and only for a second... and it went back into autostop! Tried it again at 1 mph just to see if it was repeatible... and it was! This wasn't just easing off the brakes... I was completely off, and the engine did restart both times.
Perhaps this means we can creep forward in traffic and not risk losing autostop? Any idea why this was "allowed" this time? |
Yeah, I've seen this happen also lately, now that the weather is warmer. A few other things I've seen happen:
When I pull into my garage, often I don't have enough speed to get AS. But if I reach down and stick it into neutral, often it will then AS. Don't have a clue as to why.
When at a stop light and doing a "forced" AS because the engine isn't warmed up yet, turn the key off and then right back on before the engine quits turning. The car will come back on without the "starter" - makes sense since it uses the 20 hp motor to start normally. Same thing will happen if driving and trying a FAS.