Hi,
I hope i'm not covering old ground on this one, apologies just in case. I have a 2011 twin air 500. I know that stop start can be an issue but my car has a habit of stopping and then the engine restarts in about 8 - 10 seconds without me putting my foot on the clutch. Anyone else have this issue?

Battery over 2 years old? Lots of town driving?
New battery

Rolo69 said:

Hi,
I hope i'm not covering old ground on this one, apologies just in case. I have a 2011 twin air 500. I know that stop start can be an issue but my car has a habit of stopping and then the engine restarts in about 8 - 10 seconds without me putting my foot on the clutch. Anyone else have this issue?

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This is a common and well understood issue.

Just replace the battery.

This maybe the right one
http://www.carparts4less.co.uk/cp4l...c365f56b623d86399dda1b32f34b082f2e4fea&000020

Use discount code CP15Less to get £15 off

Personally, if the battery is starting the car each and every time you go out to it, I'd just disable the Stop/Start period. Yup, I realise that will upset the environmentalists out there but to be honest in my experience, the Fiat 500 Stop/Start system is without doubt, the worst I've experienced on any car I've driven that has Stop/Start fitted as standard. I currently drive around 300 passenger vehicles a week of just about every make on the UK's roads, so I've got a little bit of experience here. Funny thing, the last car I drove on Friday, was a 1.2 500 with both door handles broken off, but that's an entirely different thread.......

You might want to have a look through this thread. In any case, you must buy a specific stop/start battery if you intend forking out for a new one:

https://www.fiatforum.com/500/423226-stop-start-battery.html

frupi said:

just disable the Stop/Start

https://www.fiatforum.com/500/423226-stop-start-battery.html

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Exactly,
yesterday at the crossing this BMW stopped for me, the SS cut the engine for 2.5 seconds before it drove off, what a waste, fuel saved for all of 2 seconds?

I had this issue a few weeks back too. I've been turning my stop/start off most times now and the odd time I do use it, it works fine. Maybe just wasn't charging properly with the constant stop/start

JNAnderson said:

I had this issue a few weeks back too. I've been turning my stop/start off most times now and the odd time I do use it, it works fine. Maybe just wasn't charging properly with the constant stop/start

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If you think about it, normally you might start the car 4-6 times in a day, SS car you're possibly looking at 40/50 in a day, any wonder the battery on this "generally a town car" gets discharged?

I won't use mine again very often anyway. Didn't even think about it until it stopped working. Grand feature if you're driving far, but me driving 2 miles to work and 2 miles home each day isn't beneficial to use SS.