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Forscan Auto Start/Stop turn off?

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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:
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In here:
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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?
 

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Is the FENG in there too?
 

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

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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?
 

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

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

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

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

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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.
 

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mattastic13 said:
@Blue Beast you're the one I wanted to respond. You used this method and it worked Correct?
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Yes it worked just fine. I just disabled it in forscan. Was easy.
 

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Boom. I confirm that it works
 

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

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mattastic13 said:
@ZRX61 FENG is in a different module. The ACM module. It's Enhanced Engine Noise
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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?
 

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Exist2Resist said:
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?
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No it is software generated and needs to be disabled through FORScan.
 

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

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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.
 

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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.
 

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Blue Beast said:
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.
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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.
 

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

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