HELP: Eco mode activated

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faz18
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Post by faz18 »

Hey

Bit strange but today my car said “eco mode activated, car will shut off”

No idea what this is can anyone help?

Aberoy
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Post by Aberoy »

I presume you were parked at the time, this is a feature to preserve battery life. It’ll switch off all non essential electric, you have to restart your engine to deactivate.
Bit of Spain for me as I work in my car so can’t keep my phone charged, work wipers etc. without constantly restarting and running the engine.
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Aberoy
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Post by Aberoy »

A pain, not Spain 😂
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faz18
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Post by faz18 »

Aberoy wrote: Thu May 23, 2019 6:33 am I presume you were parked at the time, this is a feature to preserve battery life. It’ll switch off all non essential electric, you have to restart your engine to deactivate.
Bit of Spain for me as I work in my car so can’t keep my phone charged, work wipers etc. without constantly restarting and running the engine.
Hey,

Yes I was parked makes sense now! Thanks! 😂😂
Midinotes
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Post by Midinotes »

You can turn on the ignition without starting the engine if it's keyless, just don't press the clutch. Might help to keep things on longer?
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Post by Deleted User 409 »

I was told about this trick by some who has a different make of keyless car. I've tried it on my Grandland X and it does turn on the ignition without starting the car.
gamerouche
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Post by gamerouche »

Although my Grandland x is a lovely vehicle, I'm a bit tapped off with this economy mode switching in. My Mrs. came in a while ago saying she couldn't start the car! I went outside & turned the key but nothing happened. Next minute, I don't know how but the engine started. I've always had Vauxhalls with no problems but this is a pain. Is there a definitive answer to switching this economy mode malarkey off? Regards Gam
Vegas
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Post by Vegas »

Yes it does my head in too. I mentioned it to the vauxhall garage last month when the car went in for service. I got the impression they didn't know about it. As they asked us to take a photo of the dashboard to show them. We asked them to disable it, not sure what they did, however its not come back on since the service.
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Post by Deleted User 409 »

ECO comes in when battery is getting down and is to protect battery. When a battery is well charged it should not occur. When I was having S/S issues it was coming on all the time. That was when I was told I was not driving it enough. In the end after having RAC out twice and no support from Vauxhall I invested in an AGM battery as recommended by the RAC. Since fitting ECO mode has never so far appeared during the past 9 months and S/S has worked well. I believe an AGM battery is now being fitted to the year 20 models, but not sure.
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