The issue of starter motor life is something that has always concerned me regarding stop/start.
If I had such a vehicle I would wish to disable it permanently if possible, or disable it each time if necessary.
Why build in a future repair bill?
If it were mine it would be getting a rewire ,starters and rings esp are a big job when they wear out,VW tried this back in the seventies,and because of starter rings wearing out and folk keeping well clear on new sales it was dropped.
Just more cr-p in vans/cars we dont require like sat naves heated seats,auto dip h lamps and the loads of warning lights,yes and you are paying for it.
Its the flywheel ring gear that gets worn which requires a box of job,common fault with seventies v dubs.I have been driving vehicles with start stop for 6 years now.
Like yourself I was concerned but left it on and have never had a problem.
But more importantly my neighbour is a merc mechanic, and he has never seen a car with stop start requiring a repair to the starter motor.
Got a button on my Fiat car, but none on the Ducato.You have to switch it of with the button on the dash each time you start the engine. From what I am seeing online you cannot do this permanently.
70s v dubs had inertia starters that used to chew the teeth off the flywheel rim. All modern engines have pre-engaged starters that are put into mesh before the starter turns, so the don't damage the teethIts the flywheel ring gear that gets worn which requires a box of job,common fault with seventies v dubs.
The other thing is in extremley stop start towns it switches of once the battery gets down a we bit ,so why bother at all as it uses more energy to recharge the battery which in turn burns even more fuel ,all nonsense .
I know that,i do try and keep up with fashion.70s v dubs had inertia starters that used to chew the teeth off the flywheel rim. All modern engines have pre-engaged starters that are put into mesh before the starter turns, so the don't damage the teeth
Got a button on my Fiat car, but none on the Ducato.
Fiat got euro 6 without it, or adblueI am just wondering whether under the new testing rules they might no longer be allowed to provide disabling of systems that were part of getting the Euro 6 classification? They now seem to have to leave the smart alternator function active so perhaps stop start is the same? Too many manufacturers were cheating the earlier tests.
I didn’t like stop start when I first came across it but soon got used to it.