What are these two plunger-type buttons under the hood??

[Phidelt83]

What the heck are these two “buttons” for? They automatically depress when the hood is closed. A co-worker who had a JK said one of them will disconnect the “auto-start/stop” button so I don’t have to keep manually doing it every time I drive. If that’s the case I fully plan to disconnect it but I wanted to get an actual answer before I do anything.

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[Kevin_D]

One is for the alarm system.
The other, I believe, is the hood open indicator for the system (BCM, ECU, I'm not sure which.)
Yes, you can disconnect one of them to defeat the ESS, but then the ESS fault indicator will be on all the time.

Kevin

 

[Phidelt83]

One is for the alarm system.
The other, I believe, is the hood open indicator for the system (BCM, ECU, I'm not sure which.)
Yes, you can disconnect one of them to defeat the ESS, but then the ESS fault indicator will be on all the time.

Kevin

Oh ok. Good to know. Thanks!

 

[DobaMark]

If you disconnect the switch to kill the ESS, you'll also disable remote start if yours has that option.

 

[Mr._Bill]

If you really don't want the ESS to activate, just get one of the @SmartStopStart.com SmartStopStart units. Instead of messing with the components under the hood, it just plugs in under the dash, and they are a forum sponsor.
https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/forums/smartstopstart.78/

 

[Phidelt83]

If you disconnect the switch to kill the ESS, you'll also disable remote start if yours has that option.

Yes I have remote start and use it a lot. Don’t want to lose that functionality. Thanks for the heads up!

 

[Phidelt83]

If you really don't want the ESS to activate, just get one of the @SmartStopStart.com SmartStopStart units. Instead of messing with the components under the hood, it just plugs in under the dash, and they are a forum sponsor.
https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/forums/smartstopstart.78/

Awesome I’ll check that out. Thanks!!

 

[JTR178]

Awesome I’ll check that out. Thanks!!

You should really look at a Tazer JL Lite. It's going to be the most cost effective way to, at a minimum, disable auto start/stop and program for the larger tires you're looking to install.

 

[Phidelt83]

You should really look at a Tazer JL Lite. It's going to be the most cost effective way to, at a minimum, disable auto start/stop and program for the larger tires you're looking to install.

I was actually just shopping for something like that. I haven’t seen the “lite” version yet. I’ll check it out. Thanks!

 

[JTR178]

I was actually just shopping for something like that. I haven’t seen the “lite” version yet. I’ll check it out. Thanks!

It just has fewer features than the full version. You can also pay the difference to upgrade to the full version down the road if needed.

 

[ShadowsPapa]

You should really look at a Tazer JL Lite. It's going to be the most cost effective way to, at a minimum, disable auto start/stop and program for the larger tires you're looking to install.

It's the most expensive way to disable ESS and change tire sizes.
You can put in a timer circuit for a few bucks (and I mean a few) - there's YT videos on that, and you can change tire sizes with JSCAN (for about 100 bucks or so total with cables and everything)
Tazer is fine, good product if you need all the live features but for all other stuff, there's cheaper ways.
I've done everything I need to do - with JSCAN and/or AlfaOBD and haven't spent 200 bucks.

 

[Beemer533]

Yes I have remote start and use it a lot. Don’t want to lose that functionality. Thanks for the heads up!

I actually just put mine up for sale if you are interested, I just replaced it with a Tazer..

https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/forum/threads/smart-stopstart-eliminator-ess.53897/

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