Our cars profit from more and more technologies, in most cases this gives us an additional comfort of use. Having said that, technology has its advantages, but also has some down sides, with it, we see bugs showing up! 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 Peugeot 307 . But how do I do that? In this post we will help you figure out 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 Peugeot 307 work?

Start Stop technology operation

Start Stop is a modern technology that began to be incorporated into modern vehicles about ten years ago. This technology is designed to limit the fuel consumption of your Peugeot 307 and to preserve the environment by limiting CO2 emissions. Its convenience is mainly 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. However, 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 will shut off.
  • When you shift into gear, the car will automatically restart.

On some superior variants, your Peugeot 307 will even have the ability to shut down although you are not stopped (up to 20km/h on some start and stop).

Start Stop Peugeot 307: Advantages and down sides

Nevertheless this system has fair advantages in terms of environmental conservation and fuel economy, there are however some down sides to having a start and stop on Peugeot 307 .

  • Benefits:

    • You will make fuel and CO2 emission savings if you have a mainly urban use of your Peugeot 307. You will too. In addition, you will have the ability to advantage from the purchase of a car with a more interesting bonus/malus, allowing you to to buy a cheaper car . Finally, you will advantage from an additional comfort because your engine 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 suffer a premature wear of the starter and the battery of your Peugeot 307. you will have to buy or change your battery more quite often,

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How to turn off Start Stop technology on Peugeot 307?

Now let’s move on to the part you’re probably most interested in, how to turn off, disconnect or take out the start stop on your Peugeot 307? .
Depending on how you use your car, you may desire to turn off this system, which can be annoying 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 Peugeot 307 . All these are valid factors to disable your start and stop system.
In this article are the two most important techniques for turning off the start and stop on Peugeot 307:

  • 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. However, this technique necessitates you to redo the treatment every time you start the car.
  • It is possible that the start and stop of your Peugeot 307 is switched off entirely: It is possible that the start and stop of your Peugeot 307 is switched on accidentally, or that it does not match the use you have of your car. In such a case, you can disable 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 Peugeot 307 believe that the battery is tired and will deactivate the start and stop to preserve your autonomy.

Start Stop Technology problems Peugeot 307

Concerning the different problems you might come across with the start and stop of your Peugeot 307 . It is possible that this is activated in an unpredicted method , 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 Peugeot 307. 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 experienced by Peugeot 307 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 realized 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 may be that your start and stop on Peugeot 307 does not work anymore , in this case, go to your mechanic to resolve this problem.

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