Kas01 Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Hi guys, just wondering if anyone knows what this little thing is called, it’s for the start atop feeture that sits either on the battery or in the cable, mine seems to be broken, does anyone know how much it’ll cost roughly to get this fixed? Thank you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slider09 Posted June 11, 2020 Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 It’s part of the battery monitoring system. What is broken on it?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kas01 Posted June 11, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 11, 2020 Ahh. So this has nothing todo with the start stop function? there’s a wire that’s broken off of it :(. I keep getting a message saying Error:start stop. Even though everything is off in the car and temp is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowieA Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 On 11/06/2020 at 22:43, Kas01 said: Ahh. So this has nothing todo with the start stop function? there’s a wire that’s broken off of it :(. I keep getting a message saying Error:start stop. Even though everything is off in the car and temp is fine. If it’s the part I think it is, yes it does assist the stop/start. I think it lets the stop/start know the battery can supply enough juice as one of the parameters the system needs to attain for it to function. I remember reading someone just used to unplug it to ‘disable’ stop/start so they didn’t have to disable it with an OBD2 tool. I don’t know how much it costs but if it’s only the wire broken I can’t imagine it would be much to fix. As I recall it’s sole function is to tell the stop/start it can supply enough power, hence your error message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BowieA Posted June 15, 2020 Report Share Posted June 15, 2020 Found it on another forum: Cheapest method yet! 12-06-2019 05:31 PM #22 I searched Atlas threads regarding start/stop deactivation, and this seemed like the most appropriate thread. Found this method on a British GTI forum site. Costs nothing since you don't need a scanner to change any settings. I tried it on my Atlas and is working so far. According to the OP of that post, his master VW tech friend told him to simply unplug the small plug on the positive post of the battery. This connector let's the car know the status of the battery to decide if there's enough juice to restart the car before it stops the engine. Unplug it and the car senses a fault and assumes there isn't enough juice for restart. VW tech says the car doesn't need this connector for any other function. I tried it. Vehicle starts up and there is no check engine fault light. A message does come up when stopped to report a start/stop fault, but immediately goes away when the car begins rolling again. Not a bother considering how much I spent for this mod. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosscoe63 Posted June 16, 2020 Report Share Posted June 16, 2020 unplug it and start stop is no longer an issue :-) Mines been unplugged for best part of 40k :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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