Push Button Start/Stop Question
03-27-08, 09:31 PM
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Lol i tried this about a month ago, i was going about 60mph and out of curiosity i wanted to see what would happen. So i pushed it on/off a couple times, nothing happened.....so then i held it down for about 5+ seconds, the whole car shut off, which was pretty scary because i lost power steering/ brakes, so i justed coasted over to the shoulder....I know it was stupid but i was in the right lane and just went over to the shoulder and turned it back on.....stupid, i know but i jus had to see what would have happned.
03-27-08, 10:00 PM
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i did a general google serach and something i found on a nissan forum was that if the car is less than ~7-12 mph (im sure it depends on the car manufacturer), it behaves as if the car is stopped - thus the car shuts off immediately. after that i believe you probably need to hold it down like many poeple have said here.
i cant imagine they just remove the ability to turn off the car just b/c it is moving, they have to give the driver that option.
i cant imagine they just remove the ability to turn off the car just b/c it is moving, they have to give the driver that option.
03-27-08, 11:19 PM
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Btw, does anyone know if there's a better way to continue listening to the radio w/o having to go thru the above method?
03-28-08, 03:53 AM
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I don't think so, never the less I usually shift to "N" before doing this. Certainly nothing wrong with turning the motor off while in neutral, and it works just as well as drive or reverse.
03-28-08, 07:44 AM
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I love the burnt S-Class pic. I thought I was the only idiot that wanted to see what the smart key push button would do in motion. I had two buddies that were adament that I try it. We'll, the car started on fire and basically blew up. No, nothing happened at all. The engineers designed this to be safe and not have it shut-off if accidently hit while in motion.
03-28-08, 08:49 AM
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Thanks for the trick guys. Could I use it to continue on the mobile through the cars blue tooth? Would beat letting it pollute for nothing.
03-28-08, 08:06 PM
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