Our cars benefit from increasingly more technologies, in most cases this brings us an additional comfort of use. Having said that, technology has its pros, but as well has some disadvantages, with it, we find out bugs appearing! One of them is the Start and Stop feature, which is intended to help you save fuel and preserve the planet. You may encounter complications and want to turn off the start stop technology on Citroen C15 . But how do I do that? In this post we will help you understand how this system works, how to disable start and stop on xxx, and what are the repeated complications you may encountered with this option.

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How does the Start Stop on Citroen C15 work?

Start Stop technology operation

Start Stop is a latest technology that began to be incorporated into modern vehicles about ten years ago. This technology aims to limit the fuel consumption of your Citroen C15 and to protect the environment by limiting CO2 emissions. Its effectiveness is specifically important in an urban environment. In truth, cars can be made to spend up to 35% of their time at a standstill during urban journeys. The promise of start and stop on your vehicle is to save you between 5% and 15% in fuel consumption. Nevertheless, on long trips or secondary roads, its usefulness is limited. How it works:

  • A reinforced starter or a last generation alternator with built-in 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 automatically restart.

On some improved types, your Citroen C15 will even be able to shut down while you are not stopped (up to 20km/h on some start and stop).

Start Stop Citroen C15: Pros and disadvantages

Nevertheless this system has real pros in terms of environmental conservation and fuel economy, there are on the other hand some disadvantages to having a start and stop on Citroen C15 .

  • Benefits:

    • You will make fuel and CO2 emission savings if you have a specifically urban use of your Citroen C15. You will too. Furthermore, you will be able to profit from the purchase of a car with a more interesting bonus/malus, permitting you to to buy a cheaper car . Finally, you will profit from an additional comfort because your engine unit will be stopped when you pass 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 Citroen C15. you will have to buy or change your battery more quite often,

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How to turn off Start Stop technology on Citroen C15?

Now let’s move on to the component you’re probably most interested in, how to deactivate, disconnect or take out the start stop on your Citroen C15? .
Depending on how you use your car, you may need to deactivate this system, which can be frustrating or you may experience that your starter is encountering premature wear, or you may have had to purchase a new AGM or EFB battery on your Citroen C15 . All these are valid causes to disable your start and stop system.
Here are the two main techniques for turning off the start and stop on Citroen C15:

  • 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 start. Nevertheless, this technique needs you to redo the treatment every time you start the motor vehicle.
  • It is possible that the start and stop of your Citroen C15 is switched off completely: It is possible that the start and stop of your Citroen C15 is switched on unintentionally, or that it does not correspond to the use you have of your car. In this case, you can disconnect it by two different methods. You can create a bridge at the rear of 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 make your Citroen C15 presume that the battery is tired and will deactivate the start and stop to protect your autonomy.

Start Stop Technology complications Citroen C15

Concerning the different problems you might encounter with the start and stop of your Citroen C15 . It is possible that this is activated in an unforeseen way , for example you are doing a manoeuvre and you don’t have time to change to reverse gear and the car stops. It is possible that this problem is associated with the series of your Citroen C15. Try to completely deactivate your Start and Stop as discovered in the previous section to avoid this issue or go to your garage to find out if there is a particular solution. Another problem experienced by Citroen C15 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 over the battery prices for xxx or those of the starters you must have discovered that they are much more expensive than classic batteries, do not hesitate to deactivate this system to avoid this kind of issue. Finally, it may be that your start and stop on Citroen C15 does not work anymore , in such a case, go to your motor mechanic to correct this issue.

To get more tips on the Citroen C15, take a look at the Citroen C15 category.