Our vehicles profit from increasingly more technologies, most of the time this brings us an additional comfort of use. Having said that, technology has its positive aspects, but as well has some down sides, with it, we see 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 problems and want to turn off the start stop technology on GMC Savana . But how do I do that? In this article we will help you understand how this system functions, how to disable start and stop on xxx, and what are the repeated problems you may encountered with this option.

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How does the Start Stop on GMC Savana work?

Start Stop technology operation

Start Stop is a latest technology that began to be integrated into recent vehicles about ten years ago. This technology aims to limit the fuel consumption of your GMC Savana and to preserve the environment by limiting CO2 emissions. Its convenience is principally important in an urban environment. Indeed, vehicles 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 car is to save you between 5% and 15% in fuel consumption. Nevertheless, on long journeys or secondary roads, its usefulness is limited. How it functions:

  • 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 immediately restart.

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

Start Stop GMC Savana: Pros and down sides

Although this system has real positive aspects in terms of environmental conservation and fuel economy, there are on the other hand some down sides to having a start and stop on GMC Savana .

  • Benefits:

    • You will make fuel and CO2 emission savings if you have a principally urban use of your GMC Savana. You will too. In addition, you will be able to advantage from the purchase of a vehicle with a more interesting bonus/malus, allowing you to to buy a cheaper car . At last, you will advantage 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€) . At last, the first generations of start stop technology can go through a premature wear of the starter and the battery of your GMC Savana. you will have to buy or change your battery more often,

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How to turn off Start Stop technology on GMC Savana?

Now let’s move on to the part you’re probably most keen on, how to disable, disconnect or remove the start stop on your GMC Savana? .
Depending on how you use your car, you may want to disable this system, which can be bothersome or you may feel that your starter is experiencing premature wear, or you may have had to purchase a new AGM or EFB battery on your GMC Savana . All these are valid causes to disable your start and stop system.
On this website are the two main techniques for disabling the start and stop on GMC Savana:

  • The traditional approach: 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. Nevertheless, this approach needs you to redo the manipulation every time you start the motor vehicle.
  • It is possible that the start and stop of your GMC Savana is switched off entirely: It is possible that the start and stop of your GMC Savana is switched on unintentionally, or that it does not match the use you have of your car. In this case, you can deactivate it by two different methods. You can create a bridge at the rear of the activation button of your start and stop . At last, second approach you can disconnect the battery charge indicator cable that is on the terminals of your battery, which will make your GMC Savana presume that the battery is tired and will deactivate the start and stop to keep your autonomy.

Start Stop Technology problems GMC Savana

Concerning the different complications you might come across with the start and stop of your GMC Savana . It is possible that this is activated in an unexpected method , 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 related to the series of your GMC Savana. Try to completely deactivate your Start and Stop as seen in the previous section to avoid this problem or go to your garage area to see if there is a particular solution. Another problem encountered by GMC Savana 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 kind of problem. Finally, it might be that your start and stop on GMC Savana does not work anymore , in this case, go to your motor mechanic to solve this problem.

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