Auto Start/Stop killed by EPA rules deregulation

[Neggytive]

will California, MA and other states that use CA emissions calibration and equipment force manufacturers to install it in cars sold or registered in those states?

Sponsored

 

[Zig]

Pretty sure US Federal mandates make no difference to all the cars sold outside the US.

Car makers are global companies with global products meeting global demand.

Third brake light?

 

[Zig]

will California, MA and other states that use CA emissions calibration and equipment force manufacturers to install it in cars sold or registered in those states?

Do those states regulate runtime or emissions?

 

[Junkyard Dog]

Pretty sure US Federal mandates make no difference to all the cars sold outside the US.

Car makers are global companies with global products meeting global demand.

The post was mocking the very idea, but you seem to have read it in the opposite manner.

 

[BrianJ77]

Manual or automatic? I didn't have the guzzler tax on mine.

Manual.

 

[TVMADoc]

I know this will turn into a political discussion, but I'm happy they killed the auto start/stop feature. Good riddance.

Wife's Highlander has this feature. Even having to spring for the proper but more expensive "extended flooded" or AGM battery, her car is the only one of five in our family that consistently needs the battery replaced every 2.5-3 years.

I've even had a 2003 S2000 that often sat for about 6 weeks between trips with no tender (fixed now) that consistently needed batteries every 10 years, and all other vehicles last at least five.

This is even when she tries to remember to always turn the system off (sometimes forgets) and doesn't brake forcefully (so it only activates sometimes when she forgets). For the negligible savings on fuel, this system seems like a disaster.

 

[TVMADoc]

Manual.

Wait, people buy these cars with an auto??

 

[tktrain]

My son bought and installed a simple little kit on his Subaru Forester that eliminated the AS/S auto on. It took about 15 minutes to do. Now when he hits the button it enables the feature instead of turning it off. I love it. I should have been off by default. It simply adds wear and tear on the starter motor. I watched his dash monitor when it was on, I think the biggest gas savings was about a tenth of a gallon over an 18 gallon tank full. To me, hardly worth it.

Thankfully, my '25 DH premium doesn't have it at all!

 

[Bikeman315]

Most '24 Mustangs dont have it. Only late production 24s do. Thats not exclusive to the DH.

That is correct. Job 1 cars did not have it. But Auto S/S was never a thing on the dark Horse.

 

[Bikeman315]

Wait, people buy these cars with an auto??

Only if they want to go fast!!

 

[Bikeman315]

My son bought and installed a simple little kit on his Subaru Forester that eliminated the AS/S auto on. It took about 15 minutes to do. Now when he hits the button it enables the feature instead of turning it off. I love it. I should have been off by default. It simply adds wear and tear on the starter motor. I watched his dash monitor when it was on, I think the biggest gas savings was about a tenth of a gallon over an 18 gallon tank full. To me, hardly worth it.

Thankfully, my '25 DH premium doesn't have it at all!

Having it default to off would defeat the purpose and therefore the need for it.

 

[GooberDH]

If EPA gave a shit maybe they should stop bullying us peasants and crack down on people like Bad Bunny who allegedly used his private jet to travel 15 miles from the Super Bowl.

 

[Gregs24]

If EPA gave a shit maybe they should stop bullying us peasants and crack down on people like Bad Bunny who allegedly used his private jet to travel 15 miles from the Super Bowl.

Mira quién está molesto

 

[Gregs24]

That is correct. Job 1 cars did not have it. But Auto S/S was never a thing on the dark Horse.

As mentioned before it is outside the US. I do wonder if it is just there but not enabled. As before do Ford really make two versions of the 10R80 for the same car or do they fit the same one to all with the S/S modifications in place, just not in use?

 

[Zig]

As mentioned before it is outside the US. I do wonder if it is just there but not enabled. As before do Ford really make two versions of the 10R80 for the same car or do they fit the same one to all with the S/S modifications in place, just not in use?

Do they regulate runtime or emissions?

Sponsored