Hi, my name is gilles and i live in Westrozebeke, belgium. Until february, I've driven a juke but I changed this one to the pulsar connector edition in dark grey full option without leather.
It's a nice car. That's the same engine and trim version that I have. Generally very happy with it, bar a few annoying 'features' like the auto wipers which only seem to work with certain types of rain.
Stop/Start issues seem to be the main one. When I complained about problems with mine, the guy in the dealership basically said I was lucky it was working at all as most systems seemed to pack in completely. Not really the attitude you want to hear in a main dealership.
Is it when you stopped like for example at the red light and you wanna drive away ? Because i had that problem when I tested the car it was like 3x that my engine shut off or is it me? I don’t know...
I had a lot of trouble with the car stalling when I tried to pull away once Stop/Start had actioned. It did improve after service so I suspect something was done to the electronics controlling it. I have also noticed a couple of other issues with the system. 1) If traffic lights change just as Stop/Start kicks in and you press the clutch, the engine doesn't always restart. You have to release the clutch and press it a second time to fire the engine back up. 2) It takes 2 or 3 seconds for the engine to fire back up once the clutch is depressed in all situations so don't expect to be quickly away from lights once Stop/Start has activated. I generally switch the system off now. Just a pity there is no way to permanently deactivate the system.
Just as i thought. Guess i'll have to drive mine more often to get use to it. Cause I live in the city and hopefully i won't get in trouble for this . Thnx for the info btw.