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Hyundai i30 autostop
I bought this car with 13,000 miles on the clock, 9 months after 1st registration. It has now done just over 15,000.
It took me a little while to realise that the Autostop was not working and I asked the local Hyundai repairer to look at this when it went in for its 12 month service recently.
They told me that the battery was too low at 70% to enable Autostop to work & kept the car overnight to re-charge the battery. I've had the car back 9 days now & the problem seems to have come back. Because it is winter I am not doing many long runs, mainly trips of 5 to 10 miles in an urban setting.The garage have suggested I use a trickle charger but this seems ridiculous.
Have you come across this problem anywhere else and have you any other suggestions please?
It took me a little while to realise that the Autostop was not working and I asked the local Hyundai repairer to look at this when it went in for its 12 month service recently.
They told me that the battery was too low at 70% to enable Autostop to work & kept the car overnight to re-charge the battery. I've had the car back 9 days now & the problem seems to have come back. Because it is winter I am not doing many long runs, mainly trips of 5 to 10 miles in an urban setting.The garage have suggested I use a trickle charger but this seems ridiculous.
Have you come across this problem anywhere else and have you any other suggestions please?
Asked on 25 January 2014 by David W
Answered by
Honest John
Simply you are not driving the car far enough and putting enough charge into the battery for this system to work. So you either need a trickle charger (and maybe a new battery), or you need to drive it further before expecting the stop/start to work.
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