The engine does not auto-stop
The engine does not auto-stop in the following cases:
• The car has not reached approx. 10 km/h (6 mph) after starting.
• After a number of repeated auto stops, speed must again exceed approx. 10 km/h (6 mph) before the next auto stop.
• The driver has unfastened the seatbelt.
• The capacity of the starter battery is below the minimum permissible level.
• The engine is not at normal operating temperature.
• The ambient temperature is under -5 °C (23 °F) or above approx. 37 °C (98 °F).
• The windscreen's electric heating is activated.
• The environment in the passenger compartment deviates from the set values.
• The car is reversed.
• The starter battery's temperature is below or above the permitted limit values.
• The driver makes sweeping steering wheel movements.
• The road is very steep.
• The bonnet is opened.
• When driving at high altitudes when the engine has not reached operating temperature.
• The ABS system has been activated.
• In the event of heavy braking (even without the ABS system having been activated).
• Many starts during a short period of time have activated the starter motor's thermal protection.
• The exhaust system's particulate filter is full10.
• A trailer (or bike carrier) is connected electrically to the car’s electrical system.
The following applies to automatic gearbox:
• The gearbox is not at normal operating temperature.
• The gear selector is in M (±) position.
Mine didn't auto stop for a few weeks. Only by coincidence, I noticed that the bonnet wasn't closed 100% at one side. Apparently, there are a couple of switches in the latches of the bonnet, and if one switch indicates at the start stop system that the bonnet isn’t closed 100%, it doesn’t work. It didn’t indicate on the central display that the bonnet wasn’t closed completely, and you really had to look hard to see it. Only noticed it on a sunny day when reflections in the bonnet were trembling while driving around. Can’t do any harm to open and close the bonnet once again to see if this helps
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