Audi Stop Start Doesn T Always Work

Start stop technology makes driving more economical and environmentally friendly.

Audi stop start doesn t always work. Either always turned on or always off. The car has over 27 000 miles on it so it isn t just used around town. Jump to latest follow 1 19 of 19 posts. If the weather isn t too cold or you ve been driving at speed for longer than 20 minutes and it still doesn t work when you come to a halt it s definitely worth taking your car to see a mechanic.

For example if a car stops at traffic lights the start stop system switches off the engine. Read on our blog how to activat. According to the manual it is supposed to do it at anything above approximately 3c. Chances are the battery needs replacing.

I do mainly long distances. The start stop system allows automatic engine stops and starts. Stop start doesn t always work. So if you re only using a car to nip to the shops.

For the start stop system to work there must be no malfunctions or fault entry in any control that. It really depends on when the stop start doesn t work. 2013 16 a7 a6 a8 and q5 2016 17 a4 s6 q7 and tt. It s pretty obvious that stop start technology is ideal if you want to save fuel if you re likely to be travelling in a lot of traffic.

Hi tom if the stop start system is not working ever then it s probably worth a trip to your audi dealer to have it looked at but bear in mind that there are plenty of conditions in which it will not operate and it may not be immediately obvious why. Annoyed with start stop. Why doesn t stop start work on my car. But the system will only work when certain conditions are met such as the engine being at running temperature.

Now it s possible for your audi to remember it s last mode. Although the driver expects it the engine may not automatically be switched off on due to many different factors.