What's not mentioned is the "L" is putting the car transmission in Low gear that's designed for towing or up hill driving which puts the transmission in a tighter gear to put less stress on the engine, Driving in low gear all the time will damage your transmission over a short period of time so be careful driving like that.
Eureka!! It worked!! I no longer have to deak with my car shutting off at every stop at every light, every drive thru, everytime I come to astop sign. Thanks for making this video, always having to put it back into L6 is slightly a nuisance, but not that bad
Yeah, you technically shouldn't move it to L6, or M6 on older models. I was researching this a bit before I started implementing it- M or L puts the car into Stick Shift, so if you kept it on, you'd be driving stick & that means the car always has to be manually put in the correct gear, or it fucks up the engine over time. I just wait until the car has gone below 10mph, then switch it on, so its automatically in 1st gear, then put it back into drive before I start moving.
Thanks dude. Got this thang as a rental and was going fuckign crazy with that damn feature.. It's cool if you wanna save gas.. but annoying as fuck!!!!
I found that, drive as normal shift lever in D(rive). When coming to stop and your speed is 8 mph and under fully release brake for a second, then stop as normal and it will not shut off. I found that this works on 2017 & 2018 Chevy Malibu.
I asked the dealer why this has the feature they said it's the save gas but doesn't restarting the cylinders and it's only the cylinders that shut down doesn't restarting the cylinders end up wasting gas?? One would think so.. and also I heard this is not a permanent fix only temporary. Every time you turn the car back on you got to do this all over again. Gross. Chevy you need to get rid of this feature it's horrible.
If you are running the vehicle in L all the time, the transmission will not be operating properly. The vehicle will be using a lot more fuel, and there will be excessive stress on the transmission. I don't know the Chevy, but most vehicles have a disable button. Make a habit of pressing that button every time you start the engine, as like having to turn on the headlights at night, or having to use the signal lever before making a turn. In many types of vehicles, simply leaving the AC button on all the time will disable the auto stop-start. The AC in modern cars does not use excessive fuel as like the older cars from before the mid 1970s.
So, how do I enable this everytime? Cuz there's been time when I put it in the L position but the numbers dont change and then sometimes they do. What am I doing wrong or how can I make sure to always be able to put my car in the L6 position??
If you have the six speed you tap the plus sign 6 times after putting the car in “L”. The car will still shift through the gears like an automatic. You don’t have to do anything once it is in L6. It gave my Cruze a lot more power on takeoff, it even sounds different. I wonder if this same trick will work on the 8 speed, 9 speed, 10 speed
Yeah L6 I think thats in Low you only used that on stiff and down hill the salesman explained to me... But he didnt show me how to disable the auto stop.. I notice also when you turn on your AC the auto stop wont engage unless ur AC is off in our 2020 traverse.
So,everytime you get in car,you have to pull it to low,shift up through the gears...6,9 10 whatever tansmission you have.Is that not more of a pain,than tapping the button to turn it off?
Hey man I recentl broke one of my radio volume knobs.so I bought a replacement but idk I can’t figure out how it clicks in .being careful with it thoe!?
So, instead driving on D, can just drive on L,70 MPH? I just tried, but evetime I have to take off I need to be doing this steps. Do we know if there is a way to permanently by pass it?
To permanently disable this go to a dealer and buy a hood latch switch assemby... drill the rivets out of the new latch assembly then zip tie it down making sure the button stays compressed.. this will make the car believe the hood is open when its not thus preventing the car from going into auto stop... 2014 Malibu lt 2.5... only thing that will happen is you will have a hood open message thats all....
2018 cadillac xt5. (basically chevy equinox, gmc terrain), when you come to a slow stop, the car won’t turn off. In my experience the car only auto stops when you stop quickly (assuming it thinks you’re at a stoplight whereas when you come to a slower stop it thinks you’re at a stop sign or just slowing down on the highway)
You have to put it in L6 & leave it there every time you start the car. There is an aftermarket device you can buy to permanently disable the auto shut off.
What about a 2018 Chevy Equinox? It's a company car that I also drive personally and I'm so sick of the auto stop and I tried dismantle it and I couldn't
If its a company car I wouldn't let it worry me. I was really just worried about the starter ware and tare. Plus if its a company car you don't want to do anything cause its equipped with OnStar which will report anything it think is wrong evan air pressure in tires
Put it on neutral coming into a stop, been doing that since I bought mine 2 years ago an no issues. Driving your car on L6 from the start seems sketchy
Not on the 2021 Equinox. Other than this you could disconnect the hood latch wire harness, but it will throw a check engine light and disable the remote start.
I wanna know how to go under the hood and friggin rip out whatever cable is used to detect when the car is supposed to shut off. There's some sort of module that sends and receives the info and I'm thinking just nip that thing out for good.
The 21 Ford Explorer has a module to plug in the wiring harness under the steering column to permanently shut this off. So what’s up with GM? There’s a vid on here about it so where.
@John Chaney I drive on the highway in L6 going 65 - 70 mph. Most of the time I switch to D when getting on the highway and switch back to L 6 when I'm getting off to do city driving. With city driving put it L6 and drive as fast as you need to.
$20 Wiring harness with Auto Stop terminator, literally lift the hood, disconnect wire harness, insert the terminator into the line. close hood, boom no more autostop in Drive Gear/Mode.
@@MarkusKnowsHow it would depend on whether the starter is actually what is restarting the vehicle. Some vehicles use an electric motor or some other part.
You have to leave it in L6 when driving on regular streets. When driving on the highway use D for driving just dont forget to shift back to L6 when exiting.
Skyphoria nothing at all ... the check engine light comes on but because it’s detecting the sensor not attached , but i prefer to have the light on rather than the car stopping
What if you have m? And no + or - sign the dealership is fucking me out of money because it's not transitioning but smoothly they don't know what to do called gm compliance to have a case started
I'm sorry you did not turn that feature off. If you look in the software threw the obd2 the feature is still on. You're simply no using it anymore. That's all. Not Turing it off or bypassing it in any real way. Further more you just showed who knows how many people how to prematurely ruin their transmission. If you look in that little book they give you stowed away in the glove box, it tell you when the proper time is to out your car in "L".
@@MarkusKnowsHow Mine actually stopped working. I took it to the dealer and they couldn't figure out why. They said 100 different things could stop it from working. One day I was at a stop light and thought what if I put it in park then back to drive. The next time I stopped it started working again just fine. Never needed to do it again. I can't wait to tell the dealer that I fixed it myself and of course they will want to know how.
I found a pretty permanent solution that works and doesn't require L6 for all late model Chevys. Under the hood right by the latch (the release) and directly under the hood support rod, you'll find a pretty small censor, about 2 inches in length, disconnect that and you're good to go. You're gold Ponyboy! From what I've read and the research I've done, it tricks the car into thinking the hood is open so it disables auto start/stop. I've also read it might make the check engine light come on but at least you know what it is. I have a 2018 Malibu and can attest to the fact that this hack works. This guy deserves all the credit. He saved my life. th-cam.com/video/DZ7HMCCD9JM/w-d-xo.html
there's no need for all of these crazy theories and "mr.mechanic" idiocies... you start the vehicle... put vehicle in drive (D)... stay in the country and avoid stop signs and traffic lights...interstate driving is key to fuel economy... stick to that itinerary and your vehicle will never auto stop...PROVEN METHOD!
What's not mentioned is the "L" is putting the car transmission in Low gear that's designed for towing or up hill driving which puts the transmission in a tighter gear to put less stress on the engine, Driving in low gear all the time will damage your transmission over a short period of time so be careful driving like that.
Eureka!! It worked!! I no longer have to deak with my car shutting off at every stop at every light, every drive thru, everytime I come to astop sign. Thanks for making this video, always having to put it back into L6 is slightly a nuisance, but not that bad
Geez Thanks Plain and Simple! Appreciate it!
This is very annoying part of Chevy Malibu.! The company should discontinue this feature
GM is stop producing the Malibu instead,,lol
GM should discontinue because everything rattles at around 50,000 miles
Why ? Does not help to save fuel ?.
Musheer Batayneh It ruins the engine
OMG thank you. i hate this feature in my 2018 model. it is so annoying
Thank you so much you saved me over 500 bucks(regarding alternator etc)
You rock. Thank you works on my 2017 Malibu , I hate auto stop
Thank you so much it makes my engine light come on
Yeah, you technically shouldn't move it to L6, or M6 on older models. I was researching this a bit before I started implementing it- M or L puts the car into Stick Shift, so if you kept it on, you'd be driving stick & that means the car always has to be manually put in the correct gear, or it fucks up the engine over time. I just wait until the car has gone below 10mph, then switch it on, so its automatically in 1st gear, then put it back into drive before I start moving.
Thanks dude. Got this thang as a rental and was going fuckign crazy with that damn feature.. It's cool if you wanna save gas.. but annoying as fuck!!!!
Thank you, sir. Worked the same for my 2018 Chevy equinox.
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I just bought a 2018 chevy Equinox 3 days ago
@@Buttaliscious I bought one yesterday, same year. Love it but hate this feature.
I found that, drive as normal shift lever in D(rive). When coming to stop and your speed is 8 mph and under fully release brake for a second, then stop as normal and it will not shut off. I found that this works on 2017 & 2018 Chevy Malibu.
Yeah that works too but, it takes practice
I asked the dealer why this has the feature they said it's the save gas but doesn't restarting the cylinders and it's only the cylinders that shut down doesn't restarting the cylinders end up wasting gas?? One would think so.. and also I heard this is not a permanent fix only temporary. Every time you turn the car back on you got to do this all over again. Gross. Chevy you need to get rid of this feature it's horrible.
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This works for most new Chevys but it has to be done every time you get in and drive. It's not a permanent shut off
Well Shifting the Limit/Level and Telling it all 6 Gears takes about the same time as shifting to drive.
Is it healthy for the gear to do that?
If you are running the vehicle in L all the time, the transmission will not be operating properly. The vehicle will be using a lot more fuel, and there will be excessive stress on the transmission.
I don't know the Chevy, but most vehicles have a disable button. Make a habit of pressing that button every time you start the engine, as like having to turn on the headlights at night, or having to use the signal lever before making a turn.
In many types of vehicles, simply leaving the AC button on all the time will disable the auto stop-start. The AC in modern cars does not use excessive fuel as like the older cars from before the mid 1970s.
No disable button but thanks for watching
Don’t push the brake pedal all the way down . Be easy on the brake , the couple cars I drove with this stops without burying the pedal to the floor
Thank you!
You made that so simple thanks man
Thanks for watching
does this feature helps same way when on the highway?i will be traveling soon and want to know if it will be the same and wont be a problem.thanks!
I wouldn't recommend it on the highway with speeds over 50. I do alot of city diving.
So, how do I enable this everytime? Cuz there's been time when I put it in the L position but the numbers dont change and then sometimes they do. What am I doing wrong or how can I make sure to always be able to put my car in the L6 position??
If you have the six speed you tap the plus sign 6 times after putting the car in “L”. The car will still shift through the gears like an automatic. You don’t have to do anything once it is in L6. It gave my Cruze a lot more power on takeoff, it even sounds different. I wonder if this same trick will work on the 8 speed, 9 speed, 10 speed
Thanks for watching
Please tell, how can I activate this function.I am currently deactivated but I want to activate the stop start again🙏
@@deniztv9359 just shift into 'D'
Hi, do you know max speed limit of this Malibu ? It shows 140mph is it max?
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Thank you
Yeeeeeesssss Thank you .
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Do you have to do this every time you drive
קניתי מליבו 2018 האם לאחר זמן ממושך היה לכם בעיות בגיר ?
So do you leave it on L or do you switch it to L6 and go back into drive?
Leave it on L6.
But you have to do same steps every time you drive the car.
Can you go on the freeway?
So with that being said, once you cycle through and put it at L6. Do you leave it in L or put it back in Drive. I own a 2017 Malibu LS myself
Question friend. Do you always have to keep it in L6?
Yeah L6 I think thats in Low you only used that on stiff and down hill the salesman explained to me... But he didnt show me how to disable the auto stop.. I notice also when you turn on your AC the auto stop wont engage unless ur AC is off in our 2020 traverse.
Humm...
Yeah as soon as I go back to drive it reingages. Your aren't turning it off. It just doesn't engage in low6.
So,everytime you get in car,you have to pull it to low,shift up through the gears...6,9 10 whatever tansmission you have.Is that not more of a pain,than tapping the button to turn it off?
There's is no button to turn it off
Dam badass. But this won't fuck up the transmission?
Hey man I recentl broke one of my radio volume knobs.so I bought a replacement but idk I can’t figure out how it clicks in .being careful with it thoe!?
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So, instead driving on D, can just drive on L,70 MPH? I just tried, but evetime I have to take off I need to be doing this steps. Do we know if there is a way to permanently by pass it?
Sorry but, there is no permanent way without unhooking something major under the hood.
False there is a way to bypass pin my comment....
Has this car lasted you for a some time now? Does it give you any problems?
No problems
Do you know if this would work on a 2019 Chevy traverse if you’re able to answer it’s very appreciated thank you again great video
Not sure about a 2019
To permanently disable this go to a dealer and buy a hood latch switch assemby... drill the rivets out of the new latch assembly then zip tie it down making sure the button stays compressed.. this will make the car believe the hood is open when its not thus preventing the car from going into auto stop... 2014 Malibu lt 2.5... only thing that will happen is you will have a hood open message thats all....
I did this but remote start won't work either. No check engine light though
@@kinglouiramos3821 correct your remote start wont work because the vehicle reads as the hood is open
Sure, I can run the A/c and do the same. People like myself are looking to disable permenantly
2018 cadillac xt5. (basically chevy equinox, gmc terrain), when you come to a slow stop, the car won’t turn off. In my experience the car only auto stops when you stop quickly (assuming it thinks you’re at a stoplight whereas when you come to a slower stop it thinks you’re at a stop sign or just slowing down on the highway)
Some times that works or just out it in neutral. You just have to remember that all
Is this Kansas City?
Can you go from reverse to l6 or do you have to start in park and then go to l6
How do you turn it back on . Thanks
Do you leave it in L or put it back in drive once you're at L6?
You have to put it in L6 & leave it there every time you start the car. There is an aftermarket device you can buy to permanently disable the auto shut off.
but it is safe for the gearbox and will not harm it???
Does it affect the transmission in the long run?
Whats the process if we want to turn it back on?
No harm to the transmission at all
To turn auto stop back on or keep it on, just put the car in 'D'
Did you put it in “Drive” once you got it to “L6”?
You just leave it in L6 as you would in D and drive. It will have to be done each time after changing to park or reverse.
Read the car sticker on the window...lol
I use it on my Chevy yesterday didn't want to go to m6 it stop at 2 on my 2015 Malibu
By chance how did that grow tent hold up for u ?
Its holding up great I got some ghost peppers growing now
CAN LOW GEAR BREAK THE TRANSMISSION IF YOU DRIVE ALL DAY?
Jose Torres no, if you shift it to top gear while still, it will auto shift while driving
Torres, yes if you forget to go l6. You will blow transmission bands.
Yes
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What about a 2018 Chevy Equinox? It's a company car that I also drive personally and I'm so sick of the auto stop and I tried dismantle it and I couldn't
If its a company car I wouldn't let it worry me. I was really just worried about the starter ware and tare. Plus if its a company car you don't want to do anything cause its equipped with OnStar which will report anything it think is wrong evan air pressure in tires
The max is L7 for my 19 Malibu with a CVT transmission. Is that correct?
Put it on neutral coming into a stop, been doing that since I bought mine 2 years ago an no issues. Driving your car on L6 from the start seems sketchy
Yes that works too
He is not driving in L6, L6 tells the transmission what highest gear to shift thourgh. The car still shifts 1,2,3,4,5, and 6.
So would I have to do that everyone I get in and out the car?
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Thanks dude. Very annoying feature. Car battery died in traffic cause of it. Its off now!
AANDRADE Disconnect the front hood sensor and the car will stop doing that.
Dana L Right under the hood latch... there are two cables that connect to each other .... disconnect those
You don't have to do that. Just keep the vent on high or the ac that keeps it from activating
Not on the 2021 Equinox. Other than this you could disconnect the hood latch wire harness, but it will throw a check engine light and disable the remote start.
That doesn’t always work either. I do that in the summer and sometimes it still shuts off
Right it doesn't that only works depending on fast or slow you come to a stop.
I do that on my chevy malibu 2019 bit still active the autostop and every time that turno on the ac vent slowdown and then recover the speed.
Will this work on a 2015 chevy malibu
Not such about that year
I wanna know how to go under the hood and friggin rip out whatever cable is used to detect when the car is supposed to shut off. There's some sort of module that sends and receives the info and I'm thinking just nip that thing out for good.
Lol 😆
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The 21 Ford Explorer has a module to plug in the wiring harness under the steering column to permanently shut this off. So what’s up with GM? There’s a vid on here about it so where.
I didint mind it tbh but just felt like the excessive stop and starting of the starter..just felt no
What if it says shift denied
Does the car have to stay on L or will it still work in drive?
put in L6 each time you drive it
Mine says M instead of L. Same thing or no?
Yes that's the same thing
Yes that's the same thing
Mines has M and when I press the plus sign to change gear it says shift denied
@@sulietuivai7412 were you able to fix it?
FeFe TV no :(
How fast can you drive without messing something up?
What size engine do you have the speeds can very depending on size of engine.
Mr Hands Head Savage Garage 2.5 L. But i mainly will use it for city driving only
@John Chaney I drive on the highway in L6 going 65 - 70 mph. Most of the time I switch to D when getting on the highway and switch back to L 6 when I'm getting off to do city driving. With city driving put it L6 and drive as fast as you need to.
@Rojav I'm thinking the samething.
It still shifts
Why not L7?
I peed in the gas tank on mine and it quit shutting off. Was an easy fix.
Let's sell that piss bro
$20 Wiring harness with Auto Stop terminator, literally lift the hood, disconnect wire harness, insert the terminator into the line. close hood, boom no more autostop in Drive Gear/Mode.
Do you think this is safe for the car
Yes its was made to use if your pulling heavy loads so that there not a lot of strain on the engine
there’s no off button?
Push the brake pedal until the car stops but not so far as to activate the auto stop. Practice this when no one is in front of you. It's easy.
This does work. Just give yourself plenty of time to start stopping so you don't have to press the drake all the way down
Found out this way of bypassing auto stop while still in drive. Worried driving in L6 will strew up something within the car itself
Do people not like the auto stop? I rented the equinox and I actually like it specifically for this feature
I dont care for it. I just think it could be hard on the starter after awhile.
@@MarkusKnowsHow it would depend on whether the starter is actually what is restarting the vehicle. Some vehicles use an electric motor or some other part.
this feature is dumb
put in a override button
I couldn't agree more. Well said my friend
How do I turn it back on
It stays on till you shut off eng.then go thru shift when you start car.
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Worked on my 2017 Malibu
Too bad you can't hit the minus sign to get at the highest gear quicker than going through all the + motions.
lol there are 6....
You can also pop it up to neutral at the stoplight.
Yes I do that most of the time
I did that and mine is still doing it
What am I doing wrong ?
You have to leave it in L6 when driving on regular streets. When driving on the highway use D for driving just dont forget to shift back to L6 when exiting.
It won’t mess up my car if I leave it in L6 and drive it like that?
@@almaolvera2229 no it wont mess it up but, you'll have to do it each time you get in to drive.
Okay thanks I appreciate your help
Mr Hands Head Savage Garage can you drive in l6 on the highway?
Mine stalls a lot
Mine does not have L6 it had m1 and m2
Mine is same. Don’t work this way. Just had to buy secondary battery at $97.
It’s not l6 it’s whatever gears the car has put it in highest gear some are 6 some 9 depends on the car
Yes your correct. Thanks for sharing. I hope your input will be helpful for future DIY ers
Show up how to turn it back on as well
Just hit the minus but it not nesscery
Shift it back to drive.
Mine's tells me shift is denied
Disconnect the front hood sensor and the car will stop doing that.
You could do that too
Does that have a negative affect on anything on the vehicle ?
Skyphoria nothing at all ... the check engine light comes on but because it’s detecting the sensor not attached , but i prefer to have the light on rather than the car stopping
What if you have m? And no + or - sign the dealership is fucking me out of money because it's not transitioning but smoothly they don't know what to do called gm compliance to have a case started
Never seen a m before
Mine has "M" Not "L" and it only lets me go to M2 while stopped. It doesn't function the same as in this video. 2016
Same here i have a 2016 LT malibu and you can only go M1 M2 and thats it
2015 don’t work. Only goes to 2nd gear.
I'm sorry you did not turn that feature off. If you look in the software threw the obd2 the feature is still on. You're simply no using it anymore. That's all. Not Turing it off or bypassing it in any real way. Further more you just showed who knows how many people how to prematurely ruin their transmission. If you look in that little book they give you stowed away in the glove box, it tell you when the proper time is to out your car in "L".
Tire
No this don't work. It says shift denied.
Stop and start smh stop and stop.
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I don't understand why people buy cars with this feature then complain about it later and try to disable it.
Really didn't think it through but as time went on I actually like how it save go gas.
@@MarkusKnowsHow Mine actually stopped working. I took it to the dealer and they couldn't figure out why. They said 100 different things could stop it from working. One day I was at a stop light and thought what if I put it in park then back to drive. The next time I stopped it started working again just fine. Never needed to do it again. I can't wait to tell the dealer that I fixed it myself and of course they will want to know how.
you can drive ur car in low bro
Yes
This is crazy nobody wants this stuff. They should have an off switch
Agreed
such an obnoxious thing
Agreed
Doesn’t work
I found a pretty permanent solution that works and doesn't require L6 for all late model Chevys.
Under the hood right by the latch (the release) and directly under the hood support rod, you'll find a pretty small censor, about 2 inches in length, disconnect that and you're good to go. You're gold Ponyboy! From what I've read and the research I've done, it tricks the car into thinking the hood is open so it disables auto start/stop. I've also read it might make the check engine light come on but at least you know what it is. I have a 2018 Malibu and can attest to the fact that this hack works. This guy deserves all the credit. He saved my life. th-cam.com/video/DZ7HMCCD9JM/w-d-xo.html
Thanks so much I will give that a try. I appreciate that. Please like and subscribe for my efforts.
You should make a video cuh I’ll watch it
there's no need for all of these crazy theories and "mr.mechanic" idiocies...
you start the vehicle... put vehicle in drive (D)... stay in the country and avoid stop signs and traffic lights...interstate driving is key to fuel economy...
stick to that itinerary and your vehicle will never auto stop...PROVEN METHOD!
Yeah ok