The start-stop system is pretty much in all new cars today. But how much does it actually take for the system to stop? A technician has found that out.
The Internet is a magical place. But have you really thought about how many stop/start cycles a Toyota can last?
No, right? But Faye Hadley has. In addition to sharing videos with her almost 200,000 followers on the social media TikTok, she works as a technician. Or a specialist at Toyota, in other words.
So she has access to Toyota data that most ordinary drivers don't immediately get close to.
Jalopnik writes that.
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For the same reason, she has taken it upon herself to dig into how many times the starter motor for the stop/start system can actually handle.
And surprise, surprise – it turns out to be a lot. Quite a few actually. The figure corresponds to your car/Toyota starting and stopping more than 21 times every day for 50 years. Or 384,000 activations of the system.
That's quite a lot. But then you also know that. When the starter has been 'around itself' many times, a new one is needed. And the car must be coded with a reset so that it counts from the beginning on the new starter.
However, the start/stop system is not a new invention. In fact, next year it may celebrate its 40th anniversary in passenger cars.
In 1983, Volkswagen were the first to equip a car with start/stop. It was in the little Polo II Formula E. It had a 1.1-liter engine with just 50 horsepower…
