Our cars profit from more and more technologies, in most cases this provides us an additional comfort of use. Having said that, technology has its advantages, but as well has some disadvantages, with it, we discover bugs appearing! One of them is the Start and Stop feature, which is made to help you save fuel and preserve the planet. You may confront problems and want to turn off the start stop technology on Renault Zoe . 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 problems you may come across with this option.

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How does the Start Stop on Renault Zoe 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 Renault Zoe and to preserve the environment by limiting CO2 emissions. Its convenience 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 promise of start and stop on your vehicle is to save you between 5% and 15% in fuel consumption. Nevertheless, on long travels or secondary roads, its usefulness is limited. How it functions:

  • A reinforced starter or a last generation alternator with included 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 improved versions, your Renault Zoe will even have the ability to shut down while you are not stopped (up to 20km/h on some start and stop).

Start Stop Renault Zoe: Advantages and disadvantages

Nevertheless this system has fair advantages in terms of environmental preservation and fuel economy, there are however some disadvantages to having a start and stop on Renault Zoe .

  • Benefits:

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

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How to turn off Start Stop technology on Renault Zoe?

Now let’s proceed to the part you’re probably most interested in, how to disable, disconnect or remove the start stop on your Renault Zoe? .
Based on how you use your car, you may desire to disable this system, which can be annoying or you may feel that your starter is going through premature wear, or you may have had to purchase a new AGM or EFB battery on your Renault Zoe . All these are valid reasons to disable your start and stop system.
Here are the two main techniques for turning off the start and stop on Renault Zoe:

  • 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 necessitates you to redo the manipulation every time you start the motor vehicle.
  • It is possible that the start and stop of your Renault Zoe is switched off totally: It is possible that the start and stop of your Renault Zoe is switched on unintentionally, or that it does not correspond to the use you have of your car. In this case, you can disconnect it by two different ways. You can create a bridge behind 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 produce your Renault Zoe think that the battery is tired and will deactivate the start and stop to protect your autonomy.

Start Stop Technology problems Renault Zoe

Concerning the different problems you might encounter with the start and stop of your Renault Zoe . 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 replace to reverse gear and the car stops. It is possible that this problem is associated with the series of your Renault Zoe. Try to completely deactivate your Start and Stop as seen in the previous section to avoid this problem or go to your garage to discover if there is a specific remedy. Another problem experienced by Renault Zoe owners is that you may experience 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 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 Renault Zoe does not work anymore , in such a case, go to your mechanic to solve this problem.

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