ESS only works when wife drives my Gladiator...

[Biff Happy]

In a manual transmission, brake pressure doesn’t matter at all. Push the clutch, outta gear, come to a complete wheel stop, “ESS!”push clutch restarts engine.
ESS will turn off the engine with A/C on but after the battery starts to drain it kicks the engine on to recharge the battery. ESS doesn’t turn on if only a very short trip as battery not up to charge, toggle through your screens it will state if ESS is ready (or not).

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[legacy_etu]

Not to hijack this thread but does the ESS work while A/C is running?

Shuts off on mine, I was very surprised because it was working hard to cool things off.

 

[DBravo]

I cannot swear to this, but my understanding is that there has to be a certain amount of brake pressure for a determined time to activate the auto stop. Maybe you are lighter on the brakes when you stop than she is? I know when I forget to turn it off in my Mojave, it rarely auto stops.

Second this - I can brake gently and come to a stop with just enough holding pressure on the brake to hold it on place and the ESS will not engage. If I'm at a really long light I can depress the pedal to "full" pressure and the ESS will engage. That being said, I normally disable it as soon as I start the truck. The slight hesitation and small lurch that follows when I full release the brake bugs me...

 

[Old Young Man]

Interesting. I thought it would work by a wheel sensor or sensors.

 

[sharpsicle]

Interesting. I thought it would work by a wheel sensor or sensors.

It does, among other things.

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