Bit of an extreme case if it was stopping and starting continuously for weeks!
Stop/Start module
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Thats how manufacturers test equipment whether it’s electronic, electrical or mechanical. Most will want to just meet a minimum threshold, say 100000 cycles, the fear is that equipment lasts too long, that is not good for business.
If the general public knew how much work goes into ensuring their fridges and freezers fail within so many thermostat cycles they may not believe the corporate environmental BS that these multi national companies spout.
All about mean time before failure and most importantly £££££
As far as I understand the way that these devices work is the if the stop start was OFF when the ignition was turned off them it remembers that. WHen you next start the van, the stop start will come on, the module then recognises this and “pushes the button’ (sends a signal) to turn the stop start off. Im guessing the Ghost interprets that as you pressing the stop start, hence like you pressed the wrong sequence of buttons.
When I had the Ghost fitted to my Golf the fitter asked me if I wanted him to set a particular code sequence or if I wanted to do it myself.
I said that I wanted to incorporate the Stop/Start button into the sequence and he said "there's no need, I can set the Ghost up to disable it"
He plugged his laptop in somewhere and pressed a few keys and it was done.
As above, it now remembers the last setting and I never need to manually disable.
I think you'd probably need to speak to your installer and see if they can do it for you.
@Skyliner33. Maybe Im being thicker than usual but I really don't understand what you're trying to say there.
@Ali-G. My Ghost was fitted 5 or 6 years ago now and even if the bloke is still in business, I doubt he would be interested (without charging anyway!). As I said above, nowadays I've learnt to live with stop start but I'm still going to have a poke around in Carista when I get a chance.
@Ali-G. My Ghost was fitted 5 or 6 years ago now and even if the bloke is still in business, I doubt he would be interested (without charging anyway!). As I said above, nowadays I've learnt to live with stop start but I'm still going to have a poke around in Carista when I get a chance.
Maybe I didnt explain very well.
Basically the Stop-start gizmo thingy presses the stop start button for you every time you switch the ignition on- turning stop start off.
The Ghost will see this as you pressing the stop start button. SO interfering with the code sequence you press to allow the engine to be started.
Looks like Carista can do it.
How to Turn off Start-Stop in VW and Audi
Learn how to easily disable the start-stop system on your VW or Audi. Enhance your driving experience by turning off this feature quickly and safely.
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I tried this on mine but it didn’t workLooks like Carista can do it.
How to Turn off Start-Stop in VW and Audi
Learn how to easily disable the start-stop system on your VW or Audi. Enhance your driving experience by turning off this feature quickly and safely.
Just been doing a bit of a search. Information from vag-coding.net
It seem that with VCDS or OBDEleven there are 2 ways. First is a vlotage limit, and the second temperature (the way I did it on the T6).
It seem that with VCDS or OBDEleven there are 2 ways. First is a vlotage limit, and the second temperature (the way I did it on the T6).
Me neither, hence me buying the dongle.
Well I plugged in my Carista dongle just now to find that stop/start isn't an option for the T6 (or. at least, not my T6) and the only option available to me was 'Disable brake pad warning light' - a subsequent check on the Carista website seems to confirm that's correct. I also plugged into my ageing (2014) Audi Q5 to find the disabling stop/start was an option as well as a setting to remember whether it was on or off when the engine was last switched off.
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