Our vehicles profit from more and more technologies, generally speaking this provides us an additional comfort of use. Having said that, technology has its positive aspects, but also has some down sides, with it, we discover 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 Renault Espace 5 . 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 repeated complications you may come across with this option.

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How does the Start Stop on Renault Espace 5 work?

Start Stop technology operation

Start Stop is a latest technology that began to be incorporated into recent automobiles about ten years ago. This technology aims to limit the fuel consumption of your Renault Espace 5 and to protect the environment by limiting CO2 emissions. Its usefulness is specifically important in an urban environment. In fact, 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 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 included 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 variants, your Renault Espace 5 will even be able to shut down although you are not stopped (up to 20km/h on some start and stop).

Start Stop Renault Espace 5: Advantages and down sides

Although this system has fair 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 Renault Espace 5 .

  • Benefits:
  • You will make fuel and CO2 emission savings if you have a specifically urban use of your Renault Espace 5. You will too. In addition, you will be able to profit from the purchase of a vehicle 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 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 quite expensive to buy (between 500 and 1500€) . Finally, the first generations of start stop technology can undergo a premature wear of the starter and the battery of your Renault Espace 5. you will have to buy or change your battery more often,

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How to turn off Start Stop technology on Renault Espace 5?

Now let’s proceed to the part you’re probably most enthusiastic about, how to turn off, disconnect or remove the start stop on your Renault Espace 5? .
Depending on how you use your car, you may want to turn off this system, which can be frustrating or you may experience that your starter is experiencing premature wear, or you may have had to purchase a new AGM or EFB battery on your Renault Espace 5 . 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 Renault Espace 5:

  • 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 start. Nevertheless, this approach requires you to redo the treatment every time you start the car.
  • It is possible that the start and stop of your Renault Espace 5 is switched off totally: It is possible that the start and stop of your Renault Espace 5 is switched on unintentionally, or that it does not correspond to the use you have of your car. In this case, you can disable it by two different ways. You can create a bridge behind the activation button of your start and stop . Finally, second approach you can disconnect the battery charge indicator cable that is on the terminals of your battery, which will make your Renault Espace 5 think that the battery is tired and will deactivate the start and stop to preserve your autonomy.

Start Stop Technology complications Renault Espace 5

Concerning the different concerns you might encounter with the start and stop of your Renault Espace 5 . 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 change to reverse gear and the car stops. It is possible that this problem is associated with the series of your Renault Espace 5. Try to completely deactivate your Start and Stop as discovered in the previous section to avoid this problem or go to your garage to discover if there is a specific remedy. Another problem encountered by Renault Espace 5 owners is that you may encounter premature wear of your battery or starter motor. These specific 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 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 may be that your start and stop on Renault Espace 5 does not work anymore , in this case, go to your motor mechanic to correct this problem.

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