Our vehicles benefit from increasingly more technologies, generally speaking this gives us an additional comfort of use. Having said that, technology has its advantages, but also has some drawbacks, with it, we discover bugs appearing! One of them is the Start and Stop feature, which is designed to help you save fuel and preserve the planet. You may come across problems and want to turn off the start stop technology on Audi A6 . But how do I do that? In this article we will help you understand how this system works, how to disable start and stop on xxx, and what are the recurring problems you may come across with this option.

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How does the Start Stop on Audi A6 work?

Start Stop technology operation

Start Stop is a latest technology that began to be included into recent vehicles about ten years ago. This technology is designed to limit the fuel consumption of your Audi A6 and to preserve the environment by limiting CO2 emissions. Its usefulness is specifically relevant in an urban environment. In actual fact, vehicles can be made to spend up to 35% of their time at a standstill during urban journeys. The guarantee of start and stop on your vehicle is to save you between 5% and 15% in fuel consumption. However, on long travels or secondary roads, its usefulness is limited. How it works:

  • A reinforced starter or a last generation alternator with integrated starter
  • When you shift into neutral and release the clutch pedal, the engine unit will shut off.
  • When you shift into gear, the car will instantly restart.

On some improved variants, your Audi A6 will even have the ability to shut down although you are not stopped (up to 20km/h on some start and stop).

Start Stop Audi A6: Positive aspects and drawbacks

Although this system has serious advantages in terms of environmental conservation and fuel economy, there are however some drawbacks to having a start and stop on Audi A6 .

  • Benefits:

    • You will make fuel and CO2 emission savings if you have a specifically urban use of your Audi A6. You will too. Furthermore, you will have the ability to profit from the purchase of a car with a more interesting bonus/malus, allowing you to to buy a cheaper car . Finally, you will profit from an additional comfort because your engine unit will be stopped when you complete red lights or stops.

  • Disadvantages

    • It’s not interesting for you to have this system if you drive on secondary roads . This system is actually quite expensive to buy (between 500 and 1500€) . Finally, the first generations of start stop technology can go through a premature wear of the starter and the battery of your Audi A6. you will have to buy or change your battery more quite often,

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How to turn off Start Stop technology on Audi A6?

Now let’s move on to the part you’re probably most keen on, how to deactivate, disconnect or take out the start stop on your Audi A6? .
Depending on how you use your car, you may need to deactivate this system, which can be annoying or you may feel that your starter is going through premature wear, or you may have had to purchase a new AGM or EFB battery on your Audi A6 . All these are valid causes to disable your start and stop system.
In this article are the two most important techniques for turning off the start and stop on Audi A6:

  • The traditional technique: Know, if you don’t already know it, that there is a start and stop disable button on your center console (depending on the year of your car you may have a button labeled “ECO”, “Start and Stop” or “S&S”) that you can use to disconnect your start and stop on every begin. However, this technique necessitates you to redo the manipulation every time you start the motor vehicle.
  • It is possible that the start and stop of your Audi A6 is switched off entirely: It is possible that the start and stop of your Audi A6 is switched on unintentionally, or that it does not match the use you have of your car. In such a case, you can deactivate it by two different solutions. You can create a bridge behind the activation button of your start and stop . Finally, second technique you can disconnect the battery charge indicator cable that is on the terminals of your battery, which will produce your Audi A6 believe that the battery is tired and will deactivate the start and stop to keep your autonomy.

Start Stop Technology problems Audi A6

Concerning the different concerns you might come across with the start and stop of your Audi A6 . It is possible that this is activated in an unpredicted way , for example you are doing a manoeuvre and you don’t have time to replace to reverse gear and the car stops. It is possible that this problem is related to the series of your Audi A6. Try to completely deactivate your Start and Stop as discovered in the previous section to avoid this problem or go to your mechanic to discover if there is a particular remedy. Another problem experienced by Audi A6 owners is that you may experience premature wear of your battery or starter motor. These particular parts for start and stop are expensive, and if you have already looked at the battery prices for xxx or those of the starters you must have noticed that they are much more expensive than traditional batteries, do not think twice to deactivate this system to avoid this kind of problem. Finally, it might be that your start and stop on Audi A6 does not work anymore , in such a case, go to your motor mechanic to solve this problem.

In the event that you have any further questions about the Audi A6, do not hesitate to consult our Audi A6 category.