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Focus mk4 start/stop function

Poremba
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Mines on lowest setting and hardly ever goes off. But certainly does brake if necessary. It stopped me hitting a wall once in a car park when my foot slipped off the clutch.

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      How do you control it with a broken light?

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      With all those limitations listed above its anyones guess why they bothered to fit it in the first place.  Complete waste of time on the mk4.   

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      The point is that engine doesn't need to restart at all after a driver's door open.  If I open my door while the SS is active, a dash warning appears for 'manual engine restart' and will not restart a

    I thought about this thread today as I have been out on a drive to clear my GPF.  To keep the revs between 1500 and 4000 rpm I used the M on the auto and cruise control.  I don't have active cruise but going downhill in a low gear you could definitely feel engine braking.

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