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      09-27-2012, 01:55 AM   #5
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Drives: BMW 116i, Sapphire Black Metal
Join Date: Aug 2012
Location: Aalborg, Denmark

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Originally Posted by eezzee View Post
Over the past week or so have noticed that the car no longer stops the engine at standstill, even though the engine had warmed up, no climate control, weather is 15c and foot on the brake (auto). Is there a reset option? equivalent of the switch it on and off again. I did try the off button above it and put back on but didn't seem to make much of a difference.
I have experienced the same problem with lacking stop at standstill...also with warm engine, no battery issues, and sunny weather...I'ts not that frequently though, so It really doesn't bother me that much.
But since I'm also not a grandpa-driver but rather a sport-mode fanatic, -and probably a sport+ if I had one... ;-) -I think that the few ml gasoline that I probably would save by using the stop start/stop at red lights, is pure nonsense considering that most of my driving is urban....and accelerating in sport mode consumes fra more fuel that could ever be saved by the start/stop feature....
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