Trying to find an suv and it seems they all have that feature.

Don't believe the new GX does. I'll confirm when it comes in.

I'm with you. Annoying stupidity. Everything we looked at had it.

I have a very simple defeater for GM vehicles that I would sell you for reasonably cheap. You take one nut off the battery and one plug, and that's it. Used on my 24 Sierra and worked like a champ.

It's This One

They have that feature to meet stupid federal regulations. The only way to make suvs get 25 mpg per EPA regs is to shut the motor off at stoplights.

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They have that feature to meet stupid federal regulations. The only way to make suvs get 25 mpg per EPA regs is to shut the motor off at stoplights.

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2 of our3 vehicles have a button to turn it off. Pretty easy. One you have to go through the monitor to turn off. Really pain in the rear. Need to find a better fix on that one. And on that one the front end automatically lowers at the stop phase. Really dumb.

GX 550 is what you seek

I'd research your options to defeat it for whatever suvs you are interested in buying. I know the new jeeps have after market modules that can deactivate it and for my Honda I was able to buy a decice that is wired between the button and the ecu that just sends the single like it was pushed each time I start the car so it defaults to off.

I had a Mazda CX-50 as a rental this week and it did not appear to have it. If it did, at least it didn't kick in and piss me off. Seemed like a pretty solid no frills vehicle that didn't totally suck all around.

Defeaters are around $200. I have one on my Acura and wife has one on her Yukon. Get the SUV you want. Cheap and easy fix

Which one did you get? We have an MDX and I'd like to get this installed to have to stop pressing that button!

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It also lets me start in sport mode which is my preference for non-highway driving

I think the Porsche Macan and Cayenne are a one time push of a button to disable, at least that's how it works in their sports cars. Also, if you put it in sport or sport+ (need to have sport chrono package) it doesn't use auto start/stop.

I confirm my GX 550 I bought last year does not have the annoying auto off. It's glorious.

Wife's Pallisade has it, but has a button to turn it off each time you start it up. Dumb feature, but at least you can temporarily disable.

My wife's 2023 expedition does not have it. It was a $50 option to delete start/stop on the build sheet