Mk7.5 Stop/Start

[P6GTD]

With that you disable a whole lot of other useful features...
I would leave the feedback wire well where it is.

Really? Can you let me know what other useful features they are? I’m not being sarcastic but just interested to know what I am missing.
Thanks.

[P6GTD]

With that you disable a whole lot of other useful features...
I would leave the feedback wire well where it is.

Really? Can you let me know what other useful features they are? I’m not being sarcastic but just interested to know what I am missing.
Thanks.

No?
Anyone else?

[mistac]

I have disabled stop/start via this wire/clip removal method - so far only get periodic and temporary stop/start error message - will monitor

[P6GTD]

After doing this 18 m ago let me assure you, you won’t reconnect!
😂

[Al1040]

Probably not a major problem, but there is a little more involved in the S/S circuit is appears....

Taken form the OBD11 Mk7 FL forum as I was preparing to do some mods...

The Battery monitor control module (it's called J367)would need to do nothing else but SS. This is not the case!

J367 is involved in measuring the battery condition for a host of other purposes including providing data to the car for the calculation for the alternator charging profile - which changes with age, usage and condition. The car stores the complete battery history - meaning that it monitors every ampere that either leaves the battery, or is injected into the battery (i.e. by the alternator, or by the recuperation system). This data is used over the life cycle for the battery to optimize its longevity. It's J367 that is does much of the data provision for this data and disconnecting the module WILL impact battery life-alas.

[Adam T7]

I hate S/S - worthless - but is pressing one button every time you start the car to turn it off a  real hardship?

[Al1040]

Mostly agree Adam T7, however I would rather it was wired the other way around so that if you wanted it (which sometimes I do) then it is up to you to enable. But yes most of the time a PITA

[SRGTD]

I hate S/S - worthless - but is pressing one button every time you start the car to turn it off a  real hardship?

This is what I do and it isn’t a hardship IMO. Turning of S/S has become part of my normal engine starting procedure when I get in the car.

Apparently, it’s not quite as straightforward in the mk8 Golf as there isn’t a S/S button; you have to delve into a menu that’s accessed via the infotainment screen.

[Adam T7]

Progress 

[fredgroves]

Maybe they are dropping the hint that you shouldn't be turning it off... Not because having it on might be a little bit annoying but that it has a broader purpose...