Your starter is not more reliable — it’s actually two starters in one: a traditional starter, and then one which handles the special scenario of “auto-start-sto

Your starter is not more reliable — it’s actually two starters in one: a traditional starter, and then one which handles the special scenario of “auto-start-stop.” I don’t have any reason to believe this is necessarily less reliable, but the starter itself is significantly more complex and expensive. In a fully gasoline vehicle, I think this technology is situational at best. In a hybrid it makes a lot of sense since the engine will normally be stopping much more frequently.