The best $100 I’ve spent on my Ranger Raptor = auto start stop eliminator disabler

[Rabbit9]

You might think this is funny, but the one thing that I’ve always hated about my RR (and the previous 2019 Ford Ranger Lariat FX4 Sport) was the auto start/stop switch. I never use this feature, and have to remember to disable it every time I start the truck. I just picked up a bypass switch from 4dtech, and it works exactly as advertised.

https://www.4dtech.com/ranger-24-25-start-stop-eliminator/

The installation is super easy, as long as you don’t have size XXL hands, and if you do, you can solicit help removing the connection. My wife took about 10 seconds to remove it; I won’t tell you how long I had been trying or what that assistance is going to cost me..

Anyway, I’ll never have to worry about disabling the start/stop switch again.

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[AugPal]

If the device was $20 I'd buy it. At $100 I will just manually turn it off.

Mythbusters did a big test to see if the stop/start actually saved gas, and it did, like 2 to 5% better. Plus they used a car with a key to turn it on and off at stoplights

 

[Rabbit9]

If the device was $20 I'd buy it. At $100 I will just manually turn it off.

Mythbusters did a big test to see if the stop/start actually saved gas, and it did, like 2 to 5% better. Plus they used a car with a key to turn it on and off at stoplights

I don’t doubt that the feature might save a little gas, but I don’t know that is a fair trade for the extra wear on the engine and turbos. When the engine shuts down, you lose coolant flow, as well as oil flow. For the engine, it’s the additional “cold starts”, where with the turbos, , it’s loss of oil/coolant flow and an immediate spike in temperature. Those are my reasons for always disabling that feature, and with the bypass switch, I don’t even have to worry about it.

 

[Arsenall11]

I just drop mine into R mode.

 

[AugPal]

I don’t doubt that the feature might save a little gas, but I don’t know that is a fair trade for the extra wear on the engine and turbos. When the engine shuts down, you lose coolant flow, as well as oil flow. For the engine, it’s the additional “cold starts”, where with the turbos, , it’s loss of oil/coolant flow and an immediate spike in temperature. Those are my reasons for always disabling that feature, and with the bypass switch, I don’t even have to worry about it.

I agree with you. I'd rather keep it running

 

[Hootbro]

The installation is super easy, as long as you don’t have size XXL hands, and if you do, you can solicit help removing the connection.

My meat nuggets for fingers could not get the connector off. After some blood was shed, wound up removing the Gateway Module to get access.

 

[Rabbit9]

My meat nuggets for fingers could not get the connector off. After some blood was shed, wound up removing the Gateway Module to get access.

Dude, I feel your pain! I think the wife heard me “whispering” some expletives and looking for the cutting torch, so she volunteered to help!

 

[famous47]

I have one installed, hated pressing the button each startup. I also did their flash module to enable Bambi mode; high beams & fogs at the same time. IMO, money well spent.

 

[TXford]

You might think this is funny, but the one thing that I’ve always hated about my RR (and the previous 2019 Ford Ranger Lariat FX4 Sport) was the auto start/stop switch. I never use this feature, and have to remember to disable it every time I start the truck. I just picked up a bypass switch from 4dtech, and it works exactly as advertised.

https://www.4dtech.com/ranger-24-25-start-stop-eliminator/

The installation is super easy, as long as you don’t have size XXL hands, and if you do, you can solicit help removing the connection. My wife took about 10 seconds to remove it; I won’t tell you how long I had been trying or what that assistance is going to cost me..

Anyway, I’ll never have to worry about disabling the start/stop switch again.

I'm curious when your truck was built? My XLT was built in October and I took delivery in November. I am having mucho issues getting the eliminator installed. I can't get the right angle connector from the module to release. Did you have a tab on the back of your connector? Mine doesn't seem to have the release tab.

 

[Daren]

Get one from auto stop eliminator. Com. 4D ripped off their design and has it built cheap in China

 

[MoreRai]

I'm curious when your truck was built? My XLT was built in October and I took delivery in November. I am having mucho issues getting the eliminator installed. I can't get the right angle connector from the module to release. Did you have a tab on the back of your connector? Mine doesn't seem to have the release tab.

You have to reach higher than you think you should on the wiring harness. You have to reach up to where the connector meets the module. That was the thing that helped my get mine to release.

 

[TXford]

Thanks.

 

[TXford]

Get one from auto stop eliminator. Com. 4D ripped off their design and has it built cheap in China

Good to know.

 

[Pilgrimsdad]

You might think this is funny, but the one thing that I’ve always hated about my RR (and the previous 2019 Ford Ranger Lariat FX4 Sport) was the auto start/stop switch. I never use this feature, and have to remember to disable it every time I start the truck. I just picked up a bypass switch from 4dtech, and it works exactly as advertised.

https://www.4dtech.com/ranger-24-25-start-stop-eliminator/

The installation is super easy, as long as you don’t have size XXL hands, and if you do, you can solicit help removing the connection. My wife took about 10 seconds to remove it; I won’t tell you how long I had been trying or what that assistance is going to cost me..

Anyway, I’ll never have to worry about disabling the start/stop switch again.

I agree, best money spent. This is the 4th vehicle I have put one on. Just couldn’t see replacing the Flywheel and Starter to save a thimble full of gas every tank. Best invention yet since the auto choke.

 

[AugPal]

I was thinking maybe a $100 was worth it for the device. We have smog testing in Chicago and the suburbs, so I wanted to check if it was legal.

Disabling Your Vehicle’s Stop-Start System – Legal Or Against the Law

https://www.torquenews.com/1083/disabling-your-vehicle-s-stop-start-system-legal-or-illegal

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