FODMAP Everyday® on MSN

You hit your car’s start button daily—but do you know about these 5 hidden features?

Push-button start has moved quickly from luxury extra to everyday standard, yet many drivers still treat it as a simple ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Start/stop engines are dying, here’s what finally killed the feature

For more than a decade, automatic engine start/stop systems were sold as painless climate tech, a clever way to trim fuel use ...
The Daily Dot

‘I turn it off every time because I am convinced that it wears out my starter’: Woman says nothing upsets her like this button on her car. What’s it even do?

Do you have an auto start-stop button? New cars are increasingly equipped with the feature, but one TikToker has had it. In a video complaint, Victoria Alese (@victoriaalese) says that the “Auto shut ...
The Daily Dot

‘Jeep has that feature and I loathe it!!!’

A woman is seriously considering trading in a car she just purchased in 2022 as one of its features has started to get really old, really fast, she says. It’s already got her considering trading the ...
KTVU

EPA chief proposes rollback of automatic red-light car engine stop-start feature

The leader of the Environmental Protection Agency proposed rolling back the automatic start-stop feature in cars. The start-stop technology was implemented in more cars following federal regulations ...
SlashGear

Is Using Auto Start-Stop Bad For Your Engine?

An automatic start-stop system in vehicles is known by many names: Some call it a "stop-start," others "S&S," and others a "micro-hybrid technology." But whatever you call it, it's a common feature in ...
Consumer Reports

Does the Start/Stop Function Really Improve Your Car’s Fuel Economy?

Today’s vehicles are designed to maximize fuel economy in numerous ways. One such feature is the automatic start/stop function that shuts off the engine when your car is idling and restarts it when ...