rocky12

As there any way to disable stop-start mode permanently? A salesman said he thought it was possible to do by having a mechanic change something or it could be changed by programming the "custom" driving mode.

I know it can be disabled for driving by pressing the button on the center console, but it comes back when changing to reverse, and also seems to come back when car has not moved for awhile.

fabbrisd1

Has to be 3rd party solution ... dealers not allowed to mess with it ... do a search to see if listed by Mid-City Enginnering... or check Moving On Sound upstate NY...

fabbrisd1

Yes - on 2016 GLE's gassers you can program Indiv - but on startup default is Comfort w/Eco

skw

https://mbworld.org/forums/new-m-cla...ml#post6554187

rocky12

A salesman claims that in the GLE there is a "custom" mode which is one of the modes for the transmission (others being-economy,sport,ice) that can be programmed to turn off stop-start. After programming, whenever the trans is switched to this mode, start-stop will be off. Next time I drive one, I will check this out.

Does anyone know if this is correct?

fabbrisd1

Yes - that is correct - but again, as you start-up your GLE will default to Comfort/profile - and will need to be switched to Individ/Custom -