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Drive Mode and Auto-Start/Stop - How to configure?

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non HV models will have a start/stop button to turn it off (you will also see a MID screen icon that looks like @ when off, technically capital "A" in a circle)

HV will not have a start/stop button to turn it off

HV models you have to either put it into tow/haul or manual shift mode
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non HV models will have a start/stop button to turn it off (you will also see a MID screen icon that looks like @ when off, technically capital "A" in a circle)

HV will not have a start/stop button to turn it off

HV models you have to either put it into tow/haul or manual shift mode
In the USA, the Limited is the only non-HV model with Stop and Start Engine System.

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lol i guess the lower trims dont get the special treatment on a 4R.

all the non HV tundra all the way down to the SR5 get the SS treatment.

but i love the way toyota implements the SS system on the non HV tundra models. unless you press the brake pedal more than 1/2 or 1/3 and do it lightly, it wont normally engage.

there is also a button but if you learn how to be gentle on braking, it wont engage.
 

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lol i guess the lower trims dont get the special treatment on a 4R.

all the non HV tundra all the way down to the SR5 get the SS treatment.

but i love the way toyota implements the SS system on the non HV tundra models. unless you press the brake pedal more than 1/2 or 1/3 and do it lightly, it wont normally engage.

there is also a button but if you learn how to be gentle on braking, it wont engage.
Ya, that’s how my limited is. A little message even comes up on the screen that says “press brake harder to stop engine” or something like that!

it _is_ strange it’s not on the lower trims, given it seems like more of a CAFE thing than anything
 
 







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