I have a 2018 CX-5. I often have used the I-Stop technology. Recently it’s stopped working and the I-Stop came on dash in Orange Light instead of green. Does anyone know how to fix this please.

Thanks in Advance

 

Welcome to the forum

 

A scan may help but a lot of the issues with Istop not working is a failing battery. Get it properly tested first.

 

Properly tested means having the battery load tested. And having the 4 main battery connection checked for best contact continuity.

 

If I had a car with istop and it quit working.... meaning the engine kept running at stop lights... I personally would be thrilled. haha I would take the instrument panel apart and kill the offending LED light, or insert some sort of opaque material either inside the panel or if lazy put a piece of black tape over it. This happens to bring up something I have been thinking about. It seems that no one has developed and marketed a istop 'defeat' module as is available on other cars. I remember a post where someone took something like a bit of match stick, or something and jambed it in beside the switch button to hold the button in all the time. My 23 CX5 does not have istop so I cannot test this personally. What if:

You start your engine, then
push in and hold the istop defeat button, then
while still holding the istop defeat button in, turn off the engine, and while still holding the button in, you restart and drive a bit.
Does the istop remain defeated, or has it turned itself back on... remember you keep the button pushed in continuously for the duration of this test.

If the istop remains non-functional, then it would be a simple matter of pulling the switch, or going under the dash and jumpering the wires of the istop switch so you have permanently replicated the test.
If anyone wants to try this, please post here for discussion.

 

May I assume that no one has tried the test I described above? Or maybe you tried the test but did not post your findings.

 

I don't care for I-Stop and I value my money.
Meaning I won't buy a vehicle with I-Stop or anything else I don't want.
In my humble opinion, those buyers who purchase a vehicle with something they don't want or like, are not using their rational thought process abilities.
I never understood why people complain about something, or anything for that matter they don't want/or like but actually spent the money to purchase it.
However, Internet forums point out there are and abundance of them.