iStop - Mazda 3

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nzkiwiman

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#177101 22-Jul-2015 14:58

Seems to be a few of us with Mazda's here so I am wondering if anyone can assist with a small iStop issue I am having.

iStop ready light is lit up, I pull into the garage at home and put my foot on the brake so I can then put the parking brake on and the gear into P.
I push the engine on/off button and because iStop at this point has been activated, this turns the car on. I press it again to turn the car off.

Without a) keeping the heater on and set to windscreen only or b) pressing iStop off button just before I pull into the garage can anyone tell me how I can park up without having to turn the car on to then turn the car off.

Seems like excessive waste of "resources"

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slingynz

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#1349865 22-Jul-2015 15:41

Let go of the foot brake before pressing the start/stop button.

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#1349887 22-Jul-2015 16:21

jonathan18:
mattwnz:
slingynz: Let go of the foot brake before pressing the start/stop button.

Pretty sure that will restart the engine too. I think keeping it on the brake in park, and then longer pressing the start stop button, will not restart it after it has gone into istop mode. But I think the best thing is not to let it go into istop mode at all when you want to park it.

No, I think this is the trick (taking your foot off the brake before pressing the power button). I found this confusing on my 6 and still don't always get it right. Have to stick my car in the garage so will check what happens!

To confirm: taking the foot off the brake before pressing the power button works perfectly.

MikeAqua

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#1365329 13-Aug-2015 10:07

We have iStop on our Mazda 3 (SP25).

I have always found it works just fine. If I: -

1) Drive into the park
2) Apply brake (i-Stop kills engine)
3) Put the car into park
4) Take foot off brake (engine stays off)
5) Press stop button (electronics shut down).
6) Exit car and press lock button

Works every time. I don't have to do anything fast slow or otherwise. As far as I can tell the hand brake is irrelevant.

Note that park-selected and brake-applied are conditions required to start the engine.

If you turn i-Stop off manually then things can go a little squirrelly. I've also noticed that i-stop won't work when the engine low temperature indicator is displayed. I haven't tested high temperature yet

Mike