Forscan Auto Start/Stop turn off?

[mattastic13]

OK, so I posted in another thread, but I'm not sure it's getting the views.

I am away from the car for the next week, so I can't try it

But whilst I was changing something real quick, I stumbled upon this:


In here:



I didn't have the time to try it as I was about to head to the airport.

@Blue Beast tried it and says it works.

Can anyone else confirm?

 

[ZRX61]

Is the FENG in there too?

 

[mattastic13]

Is the FENG in there too?

@ZRX61 FENG is in a different module. The ACM module. It's Enhanced Engine Noise

 

[ZRX61]

I was outside detailing the Camaro this morning when the retired mech next door wandered by. Discovered he has Forscan

 

[Exist2Resist]

This is what I was looking for.

I just put a down payment on an ST Explorer and the first thing I want to do with Forscan is remove the Start/Stop feature.

I also own a Focus RS and I have that feature disabled in that vehicle as well. It's been 3.5 years now with that.
There was a bit of a caveat to disabling it though.
In the RS the start/stop feature was married to the ABS system, so it was a two step process.
In Forescan I disabled auto start stop, and in FoCCCus software I re-initialised the ABS, otherwise the car threw up errors about hill assist and ABS.

So not sure if that is something I would have to do in the EX-ST as well.

@mattastic13 have you had success disabling that feature?

 

[mattastic13]

I'm gonna grab my buddy's OBD device and I will try it this weekend

 

[WorkingMan]

I thought I read that making this change would cause some sort of battery fault error message?

 

[Blue Beast]

I shut mine off with Forscan and haven"t had any faults or problems.

 

[mattastic13]

@Blue Beast you're the one I wanted to respond. You used this method and it worked Correct?

 

[WorkingMan]

I just made the change. Went for a quick test drive and the engine didn't turn off and no faults. Tried in normal and eco mode.

 

[Blue Beast]

@Blue Beast you're the one I wanted to respond. You used this method and it worked Correct?

Yes it worked just fine. I just disabled it in forscan. Was easy.

 

[mattastic13]

Boom. I confirm that it works

 

[Exist2Resist]

Nice that's awesome.
My EXST is on the way confirmed today, hoping to get it in the next month or so, super stoked.

 

[Exist2Resist]

@ZRX61 FENG is in a different module. The ACM module. It's Enhanced Engine Noise

Is FENG a physical module?
That's what I have on the RS, I just had to unplug a cable and it went away.
Is that the case for the EXST?

 

[Garda934]

Is FENG a physical module?
That's what I have on the RS, I just had to unplug a cable and it went away.
Is that the case for the EXST?

No it is software generated and needs to be disabled through FORScan.

 

[WorkingMan]

Not sure what happened but my Auto/Start turned back on again..strange

 

[ScottZL1]

Wow! I need to try this! My wife and I can't stand that feature. We are in the habit of pushing the button to turn it off every time we get in, but we still manage to forget 10-20% of the time. lol

Was this newly added to Forscan? I thought awhile back it wasn't an option in there. I don't see anyone even talking about being able to do this over on the official Forscan website forum.

 

[Blue Beast]

Today my stop start started working. I had disabled it in Forscan. Don't know why stop start all of a sudden started working. Went back into to Forscan and it showed disabled. Had to fall back on my reliable stop start eliminator device.

 

[JohnE]

Today my stop start started working. I had disabled it in Forscan. Don't know why stop start all of a sudden started working. Went back into to Forscan and it showed disabled. Had to fall back on my reliable stop start eliminator device.

I was getting ready to disable mine in Forscan and put my eliminator up for sale. I think I’ll keep it now. Anyway, it’s nice to have the option to turn it back on like when at drive through.

 

[Blue Beast]

I'm glad I keep my eliminator hooked up as a back up.