Another annoying "feature" of current range of VAG cars with KESSY

[serdar_18fr]

As some of you already know, I own a '25 Cupra Ateca, but I chose to post here for broader visibility.

There are a lot of automated features in the car which can be really useful, like auto-hold, auto-parking brake engagement and release etc.

But there's one thing that really keeps annoying me: Sometimes I prefer to let the engine running while I temporarily leave the car and go check something around the car for a very brief period and then get back in the car, only to find that it decided to turn the engine off. I never managed to get used to this and it keeps confusing me every time, trying to push on the throttle on a turned off engine!

I just want to be able to turn the engine off only when * I * see fit, not when the car decides, just like in all of my previous cars with an ignition barrel/no "kessy".

If there's any way to turn off this behaviour, like some coding or such, I desperately want to know about it.

Thanks,
Serdar

 

[James_R]

It's a pretty uniform safety/security function that I assume is for likes of traffic laws and insurance purposes, where in countries like the UK if you leave your vehicle unattended with the engine running, if someone jumps in it and drives away then technically your policy is invalid.

At the end of the day it's not like you're having to hand crank the engine to start it again, it's a button press

 

[Momochi]

Or the Start-Stop system activated??

 

[serdar_18fr]

Or the Start-Stop system activated??

Start-stop system turning the engine off temporarily to be turned on again by pushing the throttle and shutting it down completely are different things.

 

[East Yorkshire Retrofits]

Start-stop system turning the engine off temporarily to be turned on again by pushing the throttle and shutting it down completely are different things.

If start stop is enabled/currently stopped and you open the door, it'll switch the ignition off fairly quickly

 

[serdar_18fr]

If start stop is enabled/currently stopped and you open the door, it'll switch the ignition off fairly quickly

Yes, I noticed that and tried with start/stop disabled too and it switched off the ignition again. I didn't keep time but I could say the difference wasn't noticeable, if any.