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I didn't think it bothered me until I read this and then thought of the biggest gripe with my Skoda Octavia and that is when the auto-start doesn't start in tra
by lbriner 5y ago
I didn't think it bothered me until I read this and then thought of the biggest gripe with my Skoda Octavia and that is when the auto-start doesn't start in traffic and I end up on the receiving end of the beeping of obstructed drivers!
The specialist garage doesn't know what's wrong and I don't hold out much more hope for the main dealer who should know best but I've met people who work at main dealers.
What is annoying is that it seems to try to start and sometimes immediately stops like a stall. If you press the brake and let ago, it will try again but after this it tells you to restart the car so you have to move the transmission back to park, turn the key with your foot on the brake and then move back to drive to pull away. As you can imagine, this takes longer than it takes for the person behind to beep their horn. It makes it worse because I am usually looking down when it all kicks off so the people think I am not paying attention.
I can disable the auto-stop but it gets enabled when you go into Eco-mode so you have to remember this in traffic before the panic begins.
- lgvln 5y agoYou can try shifting the steering wheel a little right before you’re about to go. The car will sense it and attempt to restart the engine. That might give you a little more time to restart the whole car if it fails to restart automatically. On another note, are you seeing significant gains in fuel economy while running on Eco-mode?