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Old 12-13-17, 11:04 AM
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Default Push Button - How to shut off the engine but keep the accessories on

Is there anyway we can turn off the engine but keep the accessories on? Just like the old time when we have key with ignition I, and ignition II. You can turn the key to ignition I and keep the accessories on, not turn off everything.
When I am on the phone via bluetooth then I push the start/stop push button, everything shut off and the bluetooth phone is also hanging up.
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Not that I'm aware of.
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Turn off the car with the gear selector in Neutral.
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^^ Good advice...

When I am on a Bluetooth call and turn off my car the call automatically switches back to my iPhone 6 and does not hang up. Are you sure your call is being hung up and is not just transferring back to your phone's speaker?
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Originally Posted by JDR76
Turn off the car with the gear selector in Neutral.
Will it hurt the transmission if we keep doing it all the time?

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^^ Good advice...

When I am on a Bluetooth call and turn off my car the call automatically switches back to my iPhone 6 and does not hang up. Are you sure your call is being hung up and is not just transferring back to your phone's speaker?
Oh really, my phone is weird -__-
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turn the car off while in neutral, this will retain the power to accessories.. then put the car into park, if at night you will need to manually turn off your headlights, you can rotate the lights to off then back to auto they won't come back on until you restart the car, but you won't forget and not have them in auto.

just be sure to turn off the car if you exit by pressing the start button again,

** if you want to restart the car, hold the gear selector to the right (as if you are going to put it into gear, but not moving it from park) then press the start button, this will restart the car without the need to shut it off first, and in my RC-F it doesn't disconnect the Bluetooth,
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Originally Posted by JDR76
Turn off the car with the gear selector in Neutral.
Originally Posted by mjeds
turn the car off while in neutral, this will retain the power to accessories.. then put the car into park, if at night you will need to manually turn off your headlights, you can rotate the lights to off then back to auto they won't come back on until you restart the car, but you won't forget and not have them in auto.

just be sure to turn off the car if you exit by pressing the start button again,

** if you want to restart the car, hold the gear selector to the right (as if you are going to put it into gear, but not moving it from park) then press the start button, this will restart the car without the need to shut it off first, and in my RC-F it doesn't disconnect the Bluetooth,
Whaaaaat? Four years and I'm just now finding this out?????
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Turning off the car in N will not effect the car negatively in any way.

In my 2013 accord I could hold the gear shift selector button to prevent the electronics from turning off. The lexus is a bit more annoying to do but still possible.
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When starting out:
Push the Start/Stop without your foot on the brake = Accessory for radio wo/power windows/sunroof
Push the Start/Stop without your foor on the brake twice = Accessory for radio and windows

When parking:
Push Start/Stop in Park and all electronics go off
If you are on a Bluetooth call it will transfer to the phone. (Be sure you do not assume the call
ended and walk off muttering disparaging statements about your last caller!)

Push Start/Stop in any gear and you are in Accessory for radio and Bluetooth.
As mjeds warns, be certain to push Start/Stop one last time with foot off the brake to really
shut everything down.
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Originally Posted by mcomer

Push Start/Stop in any gear and you are in Accessory for radio and Bluetooth.
As mjeds warns, be certain to push Start/Stop one last time with foot off the brake to really
shut everything down.
if you don't the next time you come out to the car the battery will be dead.. Trust me, been there, done that. TWICE.
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You wouldn't be able to lock the doors if the car is in ACC mode. I think it also beeps at you.
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Originally Posted by babiibryan
Will it hurt the transmission if we keep doing it all the time?
Not at all! Just be sure to engage the parking brake, or something else will get "hurt".
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Originally Posted by MX73
You wouldn't be able to lock the doors if the car is in ACC mode. I think it also beeps at you.
which is good if you lock your car.. typically when in my garage I don't hence the dead battery.
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