I measured the voltage of my old battery after a full charge with my ctek charger and it was about 12.4 volts. I think the battery voltage has to be higher for the stop start to work. As I said earlier when I swapped to a new battery my stop start has worked most of the time. Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.

Given the extra wear on the starter, ring gear and battery you are probably better off without it. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

I believe the starter etc are more heavey duty for the stop start models. Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.

That's not what the LR Assist guy told me. He was talking generally as he was employed by the AA but he said that quite a few cars have this feature now and he had seen a few worn out starters especially with city dwellers/commuters. 3 x FL1 2 manual + 1 auto
5 x FL2 4 manual + 1 auto
Now Discovery Sport P250 MHEV SE

Stevie5tapes wrote:

My stop start was flakey, worked in the summer, not winter. All cured when I got a new battery. Works almost all the time. One thing I noticed is that is your fan blower knob is turned up more than half way then the stop start doesn't work.

I think it's 4.c for the FL2, but in the mild winters were it was well above 4.c mine didn't work. I reckon myself when you look at stop start not working its most probably the battery. My car would start but on the very few days in winter when the windscreen was iced up the battery would labour when starting, plus I got the HDC fault message. Never had any of that after I fitted the new battery. Black MY2013 SD4 GS Auto, Wood Company Armrest, Freel2 sticker.
Gone MY2010 Freelander 2 Manual TD4.e S, Alaska White.

the battery for a stopstart car is either a agm battery,or the efm battery which is the cheaper version,they havnt quite perfected agm batteries which is why most have only a 1 year warranty,some can quickly deteriorate after about 4 months. that dosnt mean it wont start the car in most conditions,but wont quite be good enough for the stop start to work all the time.as they are down to less than 85%capacity

Hi guys and gals a newby here and still reading up on a lot of post's, I've only had my freelander 2 a couple of weeks and enjoying it, reading this post I'm wondering what happens IF the stop start don't work? I know the function(s) of the button but what do you do if it just don't work ie steering lock and starting the car and how do you get around it if your at your local supermarket lol.

You have misunderstood the term "Stop/Start". It's not the basic starting and stopping of the engine but is a feature on the "e" models whereby the engine will stop when you're sat at traffic lights. MY13 Santorini Black SD4 HSE

thew thought I'd got an headache there, the mondy I had, had that it was crap would'nt work most of the time lol

IDL wrote:

Mine only works a couple of days a month. On the days that it does work, it tends to work every time. I think it's a common fault.

I don't see it as a big enough problem to spend money on at a Main Dealer, but if it's under warranty you may as well get it sorted.

I've only recently converted to FL2 after D3 and my stop/start hasn't worked since picking it up. After reading the manual and seeing that it wont work at temperatures below 4C, I was going to wait until the spring, but after reading through this thread it would appear that there are many other factors that I will need to take into account.

This is what forums like these are all about, sharing knowledge. Thanks guys.  2010 Freelander 2 Sport LE
Previous Landies:
2005 D3 TDV6 S - EGR's blanked, RRS front lower wishbones, detangoed
2001 Disco 2 TD5 GS
1997 Disco V8 3.9
1990 Disco V8 3.5 with LPG conversion
1970 Series 2A SWB
1974 Series 3 LWB

Not supposed to work with a caravan attached. Mine started working when I was towing through
Dunkirk with caravan!  2013 Dynamic Santorini black
2011 XS Lago grey
2007 HLS Stornoway grey
sometimes towing an Elldis AVANTE 574.

Re Caravans!

Read this https://caravanchronicles.com/2017/02/15/s...otorhomes/

Smart alternators can put 15/16 volts into your wiring but read blog it explains it much more plainly than I can.


Bill Life Honorary Member of Wallasey Motor Club.
Licenced MSA Radio Operator for 35+ years.
Rallying is the only sport.

Technology??? .......what happened to 4 plugs and a dynamo!! ........one wiper, no MOT, cable
brakes, 6 volt batteries?? Ah yes! I remember it well!  2013 Dynamic Santorini black
2011 XS Lago grey
2007 HLS Stornoway grey
sometimes towing an Elldis AVANTE 574.