Disable the Engine stop at Stop-light

[G-49472]

Understanding in 2019 Buick added a dashboard feature for disabling the "Engine Off", wanting to up-grade my 2018 with this option.

 

[Jack GS]

What you're after can only be achieved with a 3rd party device, such as the Range device or a tune from Trifecta, to name a couple.

 

[abizzle]

What you're after can only be achieved with a 3rd party device, such as the Range device or a tune from Trifecta, to name a couple.

There are also options to disable it permanently without a button on the dash.

The Metra/Axxess AXSSO-GM is one such option and is available for about $110.

Metra Electronics | STOP/START Override Interface for GM 2016-2019

www.metraonline.com

 

[sevarg]

Wait, so the 2019 TourX has a button to disable the start/stop?

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[saab93driver]

Wait, so the 2019 TourX has a button to disable the start/stop?

Nope.

 

[Jack GS]

Every single market except the North American market has the Stop/Start disable button from the factory. All Insignias, Commodores, and China Regals have this. For whatever reason, the option was not afforded to us.

 

[sevarg]

Nope.

Ah. Had to go back and re-read. Definitely mis-read a post.

 

[garbageguy]

Every single market except the North American market has the Stop/Start disable button from the factory. All Insignias, Commodores, and China Regals have this. For whatever reason, the option was not afforded to us.

I think the "reasons" for this are known

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[LLninja]

Another option that is free I to put the car into manual mode and use the shifter +/- to disables your ASS, but with 8 gears, I find it somewhat cumbersome to be in the right gear. And I come from always buying manual transmission cars with a real clutch.plus, you end up looking at your DIC a lot to figure out which gear you are in.

 

[DrFaustus]

Easier to just "shift" between manual to automatic when you start going.

 

[LLninja]

Easier to just "shift" between manual to automatic when you start going.

On the
Other hand I like my ASS and see no reason to disable it

 

[DrFaustus]

It doesn't typically bother me either.

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[saab93driver]

This conversation goes the same way every time.

Can I disable it? Yes, here are the handfull of ways......

Why would you want to do that? Just put in Manual mode when you come to a stop....

No, I don't want to put it in manual mode.

But why not? It's free.

So is Herpes sometimes, I don't want that either....

 

[abizzle]

Sigh… another ASS complaint. I’m so glad I disabled mine. No shifting back and forth between manual and automatic, no shutting off as I’m inching forward while parking, no steering wheel jerking. Y’all keep on enjoying it!

 

[DrFaustus]

Nothing wrong with a little ASS play.

 

[ready2fly]

Sigh… another ASS complaint. I’m so glad I disabled mine. No shifting back and forth between manual and automatic, no shutting off as I’m inching forward while parking, no steering wheel jerking. Y’all keep on enjoying it!

Steering wheel jerk comes from a bad battery. I already posted about it in another thread. When dealer replaced OEM battery with ACDelco AGM the jerk went away. But I agree, start-stop is annoying and it feels more rough on our Regals vs newer Buicks.

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[abizzle]

Steering wheel jerk comes from a bad battery. I already posted about it in another thread. When dealer replaced OEM battery with ACDelco AGM the jerk went away. But I agree, start-stop is annoying and it feels more rough on our Regals vs newer Buicks.

And the heavy duty battery is needed why?

 

[thesyguy]

And the heavy duty battery is needed why?

The stop\start system requires it

 

[abizzle]

The stop\start system requires it

I was just trying to make a point that Auto Start/Stop indirectly causes the steering wheel jerk. The reason the battery goes bad so quickly is due to the strain from constantly starting the engine. I’m actually interested to see how long my OEM battery lasts now that I’ve disabled ASS. These cars seem to do a number of strange things once the battery starts declining.

Aside from the annoyance factor, I couldn’t see any benefit from keeping ASS once my sound system is installed. I was concerned about the possibility of damaging my amps.

 

[DrFaustus]

I replaced the heavy duty AGM battery in my VW last spring. When I fished out the receipt for the pro-rated warranty I found I was years beyond the date. I know I'll always run the best battery I can. But that's because of cold starts. I tend to take ski trips. I've had to start my car after it has sit in -10 F for several days. You want all the battery you can get in those situations.