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Re: 2014 Malibu Stop-Start System
I didn't intend this as a lecture......
However, GM does "claim" a 15% increase in city gas mileage with this system, so we are talking more than a few cents....
Like you, I question the life of this tandem starter.....will it make it through the 5 year warranty? How soon will it die after that? Because they have two batteries, now they need a special module, to keeps them charged independently....
They do everything in the world to get gas mileage higher.....make the car and drivetrain lighter.....more aerodynamic....kill cylinders......now they are turning the engine off at stop lights......
Duh! How about just designing a more efficient engine? They don't have the technology?
Now they have direct injection.....but how much of an increase in gas mileage has that produced? What is the cost of replacing an injector that won't come out of the head? And when you take apart that high pressure fuel system, those parts have to be replaced, not reused.....the cost of repair is going out of sight on these engines.....the cost of making that perfect mouse trap, just becomes more costlier to maintain, and yet that old trap still does the job....
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