Our cars profit from more and more technologies, generally speaking this provides us an additional comfort of use. Having said that, technology has its pros, but also has some disadvantages, with it, we find out 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 encounter complications and want to turn off the start stop technology on Renault Kangoo . But how do I do that? In this post we will help you discover how this system functions, 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 Kangoo work?

Start Stop technology operation

Start Stop is a recent technology that began to be incorporated into recent automobiles about ten years ago. This technology aims to limit the fuel consumption of your Renault Kangoo and to protect the environment by limiting CO2 emissions. Its usefulness is mainly important 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 travels or secondary roads, its usefulness is limited. How it functions:

  • A reinforced starter or a last generation alternator with integrated 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 superior types, your Renault Kangoo will even have the ability to shut down although you are not stopped (up to 20km/h on some start and stop).

Start Stop Renault Kangoo: Pros and disadvantages

Although this system has significant pros in terms of environmental preservation and fuel economy, there are nevertheless some disadvantages to having a start and stop on Renault Kangoo .

  • Benefits:

    • You will make fuel and CO2 emission savings if you have a mainly urban use of your Renault Kangoo. You will too. In addition, you will have the ability to advantage from the purchase of a vehicle with a more interesting bonus/malus, allowing you to to buy a cheaper vehicle . 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 quite expensive to buy (between 500 and 1500€) . At last, the first generations of start stop technology can suffer a premature wear of the starter and the battery of your Renault Kangoo. you will have to buy or change your battery more often,

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How to turn off Start Stop technology on Renault Kangoo?

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 Renault Kangoo? .
Based on how you use your vehicle, you may desire to deactivate 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 Kangoo . All these are valid causes to disable your start and stop system.
Here are the two most important techniques for disabling the start and stop on Renault Kangoo:

  • The traditional method: 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 begin. However, this method requires you to redo the manipulation every time you start the motor vehicle.
  • It is possible that the start and stop of your Renault Kangoo is switched off entirely: It is possible that the start and stop of your Renault Kangoo is switched on unintentionally, or that it does not correspond to the use you have of your vehicle. 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 . At last, second method you can disconnect the battery charge indicator cable that is on the terminals of your battery, which will produce your Renault Kangoo think that the battery is tired and will deactivate the start and stop to keep your autonomy.

Start Stop Technology complications Renault Kangoo

Concerning the different problems you might encountered with the start and stop of your Renault Kangoo . It is possible that this is activated in an unforeseen method , for example you are doing a manoeuvre and you don’t have time to replace to reverse gear and the vehicle stops. It is possible that this problem is related to the series of your Renault Kangoo. Try to completely deactivate your Start and Stop as seen in the previous section to avoid this problem or go to your garage to find out if there is a particular solution. Another problem encountered by Renault Kangoo 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 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 might be that your start and stop on Renault Kangoo does not work anymore , in such a case, go to your motor mechanic to correct this problem.

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