Ford F-150 Auto Start Stop disable quick and easy!! 

God bless you! One of the most annoying 'features' being forced down people's throats. People should have an easy way to turn that off permanently in the owner's manual if they find it annoying. We are all treated like children now.

Dude... You're a beast thank you!!!! Truck was stalling at intersections after auto shut off... Plus it's just a stupid gimmick anyway

I bought a 4 pin trailer light tester from Harbor Freight for $3.59. I plugged it in and it disabled auto stop/start with zero side effects. It's about the size of a matchbook and it works perfectly.

FINALLY! Someone else knows about this then spending $40-$100 for these "auto start stop eliminators"

Hell yeah the best video ever !! Simple and easy thanks my guy!!

There is a better option there is a plug connecter on the negative cable of the battery that can be unplugged.

It worked perfectly fine! I had no issues after being unplugged. Only down side, the MPG dropped.

Worked perfectly! Thank you for this!

Forget unplugging. I stuck a paper clip in the button to hold it in and haven’t had a problem with it. No more start stop!

Absolute legend thank you

Tried this on my Ranger, the connection I have to unplug is under the hood, but I haven’t had any issues. I’ve driven a F150 that has had the function disabled for months now and hasn’t had any issues at all, and now thinking of doing it to my F150

I watched a few videos why r these other guys making it so difficult they r pulling the dash and jumping out the stop start switch or hooking it up to a lap top I just looked under my dash I seen the bottom plug it was there give it a shot tomorrow I called ford once they told me it couldn't b done BS I can't remember to keep pushing that button I was hoping I could make it a habit lol I don't tow nothing I have an 2020 XLT XTR 25k rapid red NICE !

OK, this makes your truck think it's towing. So depending on your trucks tow options shift points will change, fuel milage will drop and on up optioned trucks that control trailer braking will freak the computer out. Best fix stop voting Democrat.

Hallelujah !!!!!!!!! Thank you so much...........

Worked for me! Thanks!

Thank you soo much for this! I was about to buy one of those OBD things.

I hate that auto start stop but I don’t want to disable the trailer lights so I guess it’s the push the button deal everytime I drive.

Is there any issues with the truck thinking there is a trailer attached and changing the settings such as tow mode or braking changes?

You dont have to do this. Here's what to do: go into the features menu on your infotainment system. Tap on towing. Then tap on select active trailer. Choose default trailer. Done! Auto start stop will be disabled!

So I am a dealer technician and I made a video about 10 months ago explaining why this is a terrible idea and you should not do this and the problems that I have run into one specifically being it creates communication issues and it also disable certain things on the vehicle like Your one touch lock unlock for your handles malfunction can disable your trunk electronic push-button release Also can set communication codes in the computer that will disable certain things and create a communication error backup or Jam Do not do this mod the manufacturer will not pay us if you bring your vehicle to the dealer and we are honest WHICH IS THS RIGHT THING and tell them the customer unplugged a connector and it caused all this. They will laugh and tell us they will not pay us anything for our time Do not under any circumstances unplug this connector under warranty and expect to go to the dealer with issues and we find it is a connector issue YOU unplugged and expect to walk away with out being charged I know it's annoying but you bought the vehicle and knew it had auto start-stop Just Push The Button it's not hard

Thx for the hak def will be doing that

That box is not on my 2020 XLT with tow package and many other sites explain why not to do that.

I have a 2019 F150. My truck does not look like this under the paneling by the steering wheel. Could the module be located elsewhere?

I have the 2016 Ford F150 XLT 2.7 turbo eco. I can disable this with one push of the off button. Maybe the 2016 was designed differently? Any comments I’ll respond to.

Here is the big problem with that, believe it or not by unplugging that you open yourself up to a whole lot of other electrical problems a buddy of mine did this on his 2019 F150 and all the sudden his touch lock/unlock was not working after 8 hours the first day at the dealers taking the doors apart and replacing the mods with no luck then replacing the wires no luck then the next day at the dealers another 6 hours and conference calls to ford directly going line by line understanding the codes that was being kicked out all pointed to a mod fail, but cant be there all new then one of the guys at the shop said (check that very plug you just talked about) they plunged it back in now everything works like it should, crazy enough his buddy's one had a 2019 ranger and one had a rapture and both had electrical problems as well after unplugging it plugged it back in and the problem went away, yeah that's NOT A GOOD IDEA TO DO THIS.

Thanks a lot 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

I did that and it works, but some how change the transmition shifting, so i got back to the finger

Thanks for this video. I have a question. I have a 2015 F150 and it was in a small wreck to the drivers side front bumper. I took it to a Ford dealership to fix it and when I got it back the auto start stop was disabled. I was thrilled. A couple of days ago I replaced my battery and now the auto start stop is back. Do you know what they may have done there to disable it?

Well that was easy. Thanks

Your the man!!

Causes can bus issues, and trailer module faults. Whilst it works, its not the best idea.

I have a 2016 Ford F150 XLT 2.7 turbo eco. I can turn this off with one push of the off button and it stays off until turned back on manually with button pushed on. Maybe the 2016 was designed differently. Any comments I’ll respond to.

I have a 2021 F150 and the module only has 2 harnesses instead of 3 like this. What can i do in this instance?

will this work on the new ford maverick 2.0?

thank you soo much i hate it i don't tow

Yo tengo un problema y es que mi autostar stop me marca como que no está disponible

Didn’t work! The vehicle still auto start/stop unfortunately !!

Only thing with that is it makes the blinker tick very fast

This causes comm issues with other modules. Yes I know. I have a 2020 Lariat. Do not do this.

lots of starter manufacturers bitching in the comments.

After 10 months just barely did this

Did this, started showing evaporative code 🤔

Just FYI it breaks your auto parellell parking feature, but who cares

🙏🙏 thank you

If you tow that feature is disabled

This is a bad idea. I whole of other issues will be created.

Great way to not have any trailer lights when it comes time to tow.

Or, I'll just never buy a ford again. Trying to force me to be green with an annoying, unwanted "feature" is how you'll NEVER get my business. F-ford.

DON'T DO THIS, THIS GUY DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S TALKING ABOUT...!!! IT WILL HURT YOUR COMPUTER SYSTEM IN YOUR TRUCK...!!!

Yeah, and you’ll be logging tons of unrelated error codes that your dealer will charge you for tracking them down. Get a real truck, F-250 Super Duty and you won’t have this crap.

If ya have to do that to turn it off, what is the button actually for? I don’t understand how it works, so ya have to use the key each time it turns off? That is scary to me! 💒✝️🏡😂🐂🐼🐄🦌👀🪴🪵🏕️