Auto Start Stop

[WardenRoss]

I disabled my passenger seat alarm in my Ford F-150.

I believe these were my instructions...been a while...

In park, parking brake on, all seatbelts unfastened.

Turn truck on acc mode, not all the way on. Wait ~1min for the seatbelt light on your gauge cluster screen to go off. Once it's off, after a few seconds, clip your seatbelt in then out three times. The seatbelt light should come back on. Clip it in one more time and back it out and the light should flash.

Disabled.

Repeat to re-enable.

 

[mtgianni]

Just a question..Is it not illegal to disable safety or fuel enhancing gadgets on vehicles? At least by dealerships? I tried to have the seatbelt alert clanger annoying buzzer/bell turned off on my Subaru Outback. They would not do it as it is a required safety feature...Have a pacemaker that is annoyingly under the Seat belt strap...got a letter from my doc about not wearing the seatbelt over my shoulder.....Hate that d*** buzzer thing...Don't particularly like the seatbelts either. Every cop I see stops me for seatbelt violations

My wifes solution is to button the lap belt and slide the shoulder strap behind her. From the rear they can see the top strap going toward the center of the car.

 

[LVSteve]

One thing I've learned in this thread, seatbelt hate is still a thing in 2024.

 

[NYlakesider]

One thing I've learned in this thread, seatbelt hate is still a thing in 2024.

Look at the bright side, its better to hate a inanimate object than a flesh and blood one!

 

[swsig]

One thing I've learned in this thread, seatbelt hate is still a thing in 2024.

I don't get it either. When I first got my driver's license in 1960, I talked Dad into installing seat belts in our '56 Chevy. I'm a big believer in them, and have never felt uncomfortable wearing them. In the 1980s, I was an advisor to a brilliant grad student who hated seatbelts. After she got her PhD and was starting her career as a professor, she was riding in the front passenger seat when the driver (her daughter) swerved to avoid an animal and hit a tree. My former student was thrown against the dash and died instantly. She would have walked away if she'd had her seatbelt on. Her daughter, who survived, will have to live with that traumatic memory forever. You can ignore the laws of mankind, but you can't ignore the laws of physics.

 

[WardenRoss]

One thing I've learned in this thread, seatbelt hate is still a thing in 2024.

If you're referring to me, I absolutely wear the seatbelt and insist all should.

I only turn the alarm off because I transport dogs and the alarm gets annoying pretty fast.

 

[alwslate]

One thing I've learned in this thread, seatbelt hate is still a thing in 2024.

Way back in 1970 a good friend of mine ran his car off the road on a curve trying to impress his girl friend with his driving skills. The car rolled over and both were ejected because neither were wearing seat belts. The girl friend landed in a ditch and walked away with bruises. My friend landed on the pavement on the back of his head. DRT. I have worn a seat belt ever since that day.

 

[GypsmJim]

Just a question..Is it not illegal to disable safety or fuel enhancing gadgets on vehicles? At least by dealerships? I tried to have the seatbelt alert clanger annoying buzzer/bell turned off on my Subaru Outback. They would not do it as it is a required safety feature...Have a pacemaker that is annoyingly under the Seat belt strap...got a letter from my doc about not wearing the seatbelt over my shoulder.....Hate that d*** buzzer thing...Don't particularly like the seatbelts either. Every cop I see stops me for seatbelt violations

I have an old 44 year old Ponch. It DOES have a catalytic converter. I'm also a car guy and do some stuff myself.

Initially, the car ran super awesome. It was due for a free dealer inspection and tune-up, but I checked it myself beforehand. The timing was WAY off specs. After the dealer did his thing it ran like ****, so I put the timing back and it was awesome again. Never let the dealer touch it any more.

Many years later it was iffy to pass the emissions yearly state test. The dealer suggested draining the converter and put in a "test plug". Naturally he set it to specs and **** **** again. I set it back again.

Now 30 years later, no cat converter, out-of-spec timing and it has passed the annual mandated state inspection every year.

I call **** government regulations......

 

[Mr. Vito]

I don't understand all the grief about this. My 2016 Dodge Durango has it, and so does my 2022 Mini Cooper S. I hardly notice it except for the quiet when at a stoplight and the feature activates. Instantly when I lift my foot off of the brake and/or step on the accelerator the engine starts up seamlessly. The ONLY time I feel a need to press the button that disables this feature is if I am waiting to make a left turn and oncoming traffic is heavy and moving fast. That is the only time I do not want that fraction of a second delay in getting my vehicle moving. Otherwise its a nothing burger that I ignore.

 

[Farmer17]

My 2018 Ram has about 15 or 20 electronic items that can be modified with some little tricks. I hate the seat belt alarm because I always wear one but ever try to go coyote or hog hunting and try to be REALLY quiet while you stop and open a gate? Good luck finding anything to shoot with that bell going off. There is a technique, and I think I put the key in accessory mode and had to buckle and unbuckle the seat belt three times really fast and that turns off the alarm so it wont make a noise if you don't wear a seat belt. Many other things like the phone charging ports, door locks, headlights, interior lights, keyless entry, Blue tooth, etc. can be adjusted to your liking, just look on Youtube for your vehicle.

 

[bgrafsr]

We have a 2022 Honda Touring, and we can turn off the feature.

 

[Skeet 028]

Does your state not allow medical exemptions?

Yes we have medical exemptions...but I still get stopped if they see me not wearing it. I even put the belt on and put the shoulder strap behind my shoulder...and I have been stopped for wearing the darn thing incorrectly. I don't hate seatbelts but the Alarm is more than aggravating. I do wear the belt a lot of the time with it under my arm. I don't really like them as they don't always work. I do think airbags are generally worthwhile. Biggest part of mine is the placement of the pacemaker

 

[LVSteve]

Yes we have medical exemptions...but I still get stopped if they see me not wearing it. I even put the belt on and put the shoulder strap behind my shoulder...and I have been stopped for wearing the darn thing incorrectly. I don't hate seatbelts but the Alarm is more than aggravating. I do wear the belt a lot of the time with it under my arm. I don't really like them as they don't always work. I do think airbags are generally worthwhile. Biggest part of mine is the placement of the pacemaker

They could do with attaching your exemption to your plate, they way they do with CCWs here in NV.

 

[Buzzzer]

Our '19 Tiguan has it, don't like it one bit as it's not perfect by any stretch. The wife usually drives the thing and she's complained more than once how jerky it is sometimes. Whenever I drive it it's automatic for me to turn it off.

As a side note I was reading how to permanently disable it. It's actually pretty easy to do seeing as it's just a wire to the battery. Unplug the wire and done. However, after further research I decided just to hit the button instead. The EPA has a very long reach when it comes to messing with this stuff. Just ask anyone who's been busted for diesel "tune-ups" or performance enhancements in gas vehicles...

 

[LVSteve]

The EPA has a very long reach when it comes to messing with this stuff. Just ask anyone who's been busted for diesel "tune-ups" or performance enhancements in gas vehicles...

It's not just the EPA, it can be your state that gives you issues. Thanks to the number of people 'rolling coal' in NV and the geography of the Vegas Valley, it costs me over $100 to smog my AWD diesel SUV as it must be done on an all-wheel rolling road, of which there is precisely one in Clark County. Only certain RWD or FWD diesels can be done on a two-wheel rolling road, and fortunately my BMW is one of them. You should see the VW Jetta diesel owners going for orbit when told their FWD car has to have a $100+ smog test.

 

[AR_Black]

https://www.4dtech.com/

My wife got this for her Grand Cherokee. It "remembers" the setting on the auto start button. Expensive fix. Easy install.

 

[mtgianni]

Yes we have medical exemptions...but I still get stopped if they see me not wearing it. I even put the belt on and put the shoulder strap behind my shoulder...and I have been stopped for wearing the darn thing incorrectly. I don't hate seatbelts but the Alarm is more than aggravating. I do wear the belt a lot of the time with it under my arm. I don't really like them as they don't always work. I do think airbags are generally worthwhile. Biggest part of mine is the placement of the pacemaker

I know in MT not wearing a belt is a secondary offense. They can pull you over for something else and write you up for a belt too but can't pull you over for just the belt.

 

[NYlakesider]

I know in MT not wearing a belt is a secondary offense. They can pull you over for something else and write you up for a belt too but can't pull you over for just the belt.

Years back in NY state that was the way the law was written. A few years later they changed it to valid reason to pull you over. More money for the state that way!

 

[muddocktor]

I got a question for you folks that have an auto start stop vehicle and driving in town in the summer. When your car comes to a stop like at a stop light and the engine shuts down, does it kill the air conditioning compressor? Because if that is so, it's a definite no go for me, living down here in soggy bottom Louisiana. During summer time we have daytime temps in the mid 90s to 100 degree, with a butt load of humidity to boot. My 17 Colorado doesn't have that AS&S junk and my daughter's 18 Silverado doesn't have it either. I know the compressor on both those vehicles are run by a serpentine belt that stops when the engine shuts off.

 

[LVSteve]

I got a question for you folks that have an auto start stop vehicle and driving in town in the summer. When your car comes to a stop like at a stop light and the engine shuts down, does it kill the air conditioning compressor? Because if that is so, it's a definite no go for me, living down here in soggy bottom Louisiana. During summer time we have daytime temps in the mid 90s to 100 degree, with a butt load of humidity to boot. My 17 Colorado doesn't have that AS&S junk and my daughter's 18 Silverado doesn't have it either. I know the compressor on both those vehicles are run by a serpentine belt that stops when the engine shuts off.

What happens is that the AS&S system detects if you have the A/C on and what the outside temperature is. What happens is that it either keeps the motor running, or only stops it briefly.