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Is it possible to turn off stop/start in Opel Mokka?

  • 08-10-2020 1:02pm
    #1
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,109 Mod ✭✭✭✭


    permanently In an Opel Mokka 1.7 TD? Or is it a case of turning it off every time I start it?
    The local Opel dealer has said no, but I presume they would anyway.


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  • #2
    sumo12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 596 ✭✭✭sumo12


    Nope. It's why you're paying the cheap tax on it....

    Turn off every time you start.

    Why do you want to disable it anyway??


  • #3
    whippet
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,718 ✭✭✭whippet


    sumo12 wrote: »
    Why do you want to disable it anyway??

    it's the first thing I do in any car that has it when I get in ... it is painful to drive .. especially in an automatic. Slowing down at a roundabout especially if you happen to come to a halt for a split second and then bump - engine cuts out.


  • #4
    kirving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,127 ✭✭✭kirving


    sumo12 wrote: »

    Why do you want to disable it anyway??

    It can be a real pain if you drive on a lot of roundabouts and want to take off quickly. The car is slower to react.

    On my diesel hybrid it wasn't too bad, but I had to knock it into sport mode sometimes to get a good take off. On recent rental, it was incredibly slow to react after taking my foot off the brake.

    It can likely be fooled into not working by pulling some fuse or sensor, but I've no idea for that particular car.


  • #5
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,273 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Kevin Irving wrote: »
    It can be a real pain if you drive on a lot of roundabouts and want to take off quickly. The car is slower to react.

    Are you talking about automatics?

    It doesn't work that way on manuals unless you brake and take your foot off the clutch, which you won't be doing if you're hitting roundabout and intend to take off quickly.


  • #6
    Isambard
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,795 ✭✭✭Isambard


    mine has a switch on the dash.


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  • #7
    Hellrazer
    Moderators, Arts Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 10,885 Mod ✭✭✭✭Hellrazer


    whiterebel wrote: »
    permanently In an Opel Mokka 1.7 TD? Or is it a case of turning it off every time I start it?
    The local Opel dealer has said no, but I presume they would anyway.

    It cant be done through software - Im asked the same question about 20 times a week.

    I just turn the heating dial to front screen heater or front screen heater + feet. That should disable it on the Mokka.


  • #8
    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,109 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    Hellrazer wrote: »
    It cant be done through software - Im asked the same question about 20 times a week.

    I just turn the heating dial to front screen heater or front screen heater + feet. That should disable it on the Mokka.

    Thanks. It seems to provoke the problem with the DMF most of the time.


  • #9
    boardzz
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 863 ✭✭✭boardzz


    Car battery with low voltage will stop it working


  • #10
    shane b
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 610 ✭✭✭shane b


    Bought a Citreon C4 Grand Picasso earlier this year and it's the same. Have to turn it off every time you start the car.
    We dont do that many short jorneys and my wife prefers to leave it on. Last weekend the counter registered 34 seconds over 4 or 5 different trips we made.


  • #11
    kirving
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,127 ✭✭✭kirving


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Are you talking about automatics?

    It doesn't work that way on manuals unless you brake and take your foot off the clutch, which you won't be doing if you're hitting roundabout and intend to take off quickly.

    Auto's yep, I don't mind it in manual's so much, except for the fact that any manual I'd drive with it would be a rental, and then constantly check that I haven't cut the engine out since I'm not used to the car.


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  • #12
    i57dwun4yb1pt8
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,655 ✭✭✭i57dwun4yb1pt8


    dont most cars have a small sensor on the battery you can unplug , and it disable SS .
    ( SS needs to know battery health )


  • #13
    colm_mcm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 73,520 ✭✭✭✭colm_mcm


    Gerald Silly Stewardess wrote: »
    dont most cars have a small sensor on the battery you can unplug , and it disable SS .
    ( SS needs to know battery health )

    No. On some cars it’s really easy. On the VW stuff (but not the very latest ones like new Octavia and Golf 8) you can change some coding of the points at where stop start works. I think in mine it changed to unless the battery is 14v then stop start deactivated. That never happens so it’s always deactivated.


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