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USA traffic engineers love stop lights which force idling. Fortunately some European tech to stop/start the engine is arriving in USA. In isolated cases, some U
by landemva 4y ago
USA traffic engineers love stop lights which force idling. Fortunately some European tech to stop/start the engine is arriving in USA. In isolated cases, some USA intersections are being converted to traffic circles.
Installation of new stop lights should require a giant pollution fine paid by government.
- therealdrag0 4y agoMy 2018 Ford escape has auto-stop/start when stopped. But it almost never works. No idea why. It worked for the first year maybe, then disappeared.
- falcolas 4y agoIt can be turned off, and there's very little visual indication that this has happened. The feature bugs some drivers, so if you have a second driver, they could have easily done it.
- therealdrag0 4y agoI've toggled it many times to no avail.
- landemva 4y agoSometimes dealer updates change settings. I saw a Subaru change behavior with lane departure warnings after an oil change.
- gambiting 4y agoI've had this this issue on my Mercedes before, the cause turned out to be the 12V battery that never charged properly, so the system didn't want to activate.