Our cars profit from increasingly more technologies, most of the time this provides us an additional comfort of use. Having said that, technology has its positive aspects, but also has some cons, with it, we see bugs showing up! One of them is the Start and Stop feature, which is meant to help you save fuel and preserve the planet. You may come across problems and want to turn off the start stop technology on Citroen Jumpy . 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 encounter with this option.

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How does the Start Stop on Citroen Jumpy work?

Start Stop technology operation

Start Stop is a modern technology that began to be included into recent automobiles about ten years ago. This technology is designed to limit the fuel consumption of your Citroen Jumpy and to protect the environment by limiting CO2 emissions. Its effectiveness is principally relevant in an urban environment. Indeed, cars 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 car is to save you between 5% and 15% in fuel consumption. Nevertheless, on long travels 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 will shut off.
  • When you shift into gear, the car will immediately restart.

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

Start Stop Citroen Jumpy: Pros and cons

Nevertheless this system has serious positive aspects in terms of environmental conservation and fuel economy, there are nevertheless some cons to having a start and stop on Citroen Jumpy .

  • Benefits:

    • You will make fuel and CO2 emission savings if you have a principally urban use of your Citroen Jumpy. You will too. Furthermore, you will be able to advantage from the purchase of a vehicle with a more interesting bonus/malus, permitting you to to buy a cheaper vehicle . At last, you will advantage from an additional comfort because your engine 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 quite expensive to buy (between 500 and 1500€) . At last, the first generations of start stop technology can go through a premature wear of the starter and the battery of your Citroen Jumpy. 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 Jumpy?

Now let’s proceed to the component you’re probably most enthusiastic about, how to deactivate, disconnect or take out the start stop on your Citroen Jumpy? .
Depending on how you use your vehicle, you may want to deactivate this system, which can be annoying or you may experience that your starter is going through premature wear, or you may have had to purchase a new AGM or EFB battery on your Citroen Jumpy . All these are valid factors to disable your start and stop system.
Here are the two main techniques for disabling the start and stop on Citroen Jumpy:

  • 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 vehicle 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 requires you to redo the treatment every time you start the motor vehicle.
  • It is possible that the start and stop of your Citroen Jumpy is switched off totally: It is possible that the start and stop of your Citroen Jumpy is switched on unintentionally, or that it does not correspond to the use you have of your vehicle. 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 . At last, second technique you can disconnect the battery charge indicator cable that is on the terminals of your battery, which will produce your Citroen Jumpy think that the battery is tired and will deactivate the start and stop to preserve your autonomy.

Start Stop Technology problems Citroen Jumpy

Concerning the different problems you might encountered with the start and stop of your Citroen Jumpy . 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 vehicle stops. It is possible that this problem is related to the series of your Citroen Jumpy. Try to completely deactivate your Start and Stop as seen in the previous section to avoid this problem or go to your garage to see if there is a particular remedy. Another problem encountered by Citroen Jumpy owners is that you may encounter premature wear of your battery or starter motor. These particular parts for start and stop are expensive, and if you have already checked out 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 sort of problem. Finally, it might be that your start and stop on Citroen Jumpy does not work anymore , in such a case, go to your motor mechanic to correct this problem.

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