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Originally Posted by petrolhead611
So the starter motor will last 8 times as many starts. My 6 mile journey to work involves more than that number of coming to rest; 8 times is not nearly enough.
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Do you have enough information to make that call?
Since the system isn't enabled until the engine reaches operating temp and the system selects the optimal cylinder to fire first, reducing the use of the starter, the extra starts may not put that much strain in the starter.
Your experience may differ, but I have replaced exactly one starter in the past three decades and that was on a 16 year old pick up truck. We tend to keep our vehicles well into 200,000 km plus.
I have to say, when we were stuck on the M25 I wished every vehicle around me had an auto-stop feature.
Best
Les