What was the difficulty on a scale of 1 to 10 to remove the faceplate?
I guess there is a separate scale for "nerve-racking"... thinking something might break? Lol.
How much time did it take?
Thanks!
STOP/START CABLE/HARNESS EXTENSION DEFEAT...
A few companies are offering a cable/harness extension that defeats the Stop/Start feature so, it isn't required to manually press the button to turn off, what I consider a dangerous feature, after starting the vehicle.
I have added a similar cable/harness to my Alfa Romeo Giulia. I found one from Aliexpress (I found the one for my Giulia on Aliexpress for less than half the price of the cable/harness extensions here in the States. It works flawlessly.)
The one I found for the GV70 on Aliexpress is listed for: 2020-2021 models. The switches on the GV70 were changed for the 2023 model year so, I don't know if the present offering on Aliexpress fits the newer model year car. (Yes, I've left a message with the vendor on Aliexpress. And, it is China and the weekend so, I haven't received a response as to whether their current switch listed below works on the 2023 models year. I suspect I will at some point.)
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803545189634.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.3ec82470ECornz&algo_pvid=1e14e8ea-a2b4-4942-b410-5288122014a5&algo_exp_id=1e14e8ea-a2b4-4942-b410-5288122014a5-0&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id":"12000026966092048"}&[email protected][email protected]!12000026966092048!sea!US!4419663046&curPageLogUid=AWX4gk7bRJZy
I am not a fan of sticking in a toothpick, or a piece of plastic in the switch, or even defeating the hood latch to fool the car.
I know I can just push the button to turn it off each time.
For me, it's just so nice not to have to do that.
I know it's a small thing, but as the fellow said, "It's the small things in life that make big differences."
Has anyone found a Stop/Start cable/ harness extension for a reasonable price here in the States?
If you have, could you please share your experiences?
Thanks...
I have added a similar cable/harness to my Alfa Romeo Giulia. I found one from Aliexpress (I found the one for my Giulia on Aliexpress for less than half the price of the cable/harness extensions here in the States. It works flawlessly.)
The one I found for the GV70 on Aliexpress is listed for: 2020-2021 models. The switches on the GV70 were changed for the 2023 model year so, I don't know if the present offering on Aliexpress fits the newer model year car. (Yes, I've left a message with the vendor on Aliexpress. And, it is China and the weekend so, I haven't received a response as to whether their current switch listed below works on the 2023 models year. I suspect I will at some point.)
https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256803545189634.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.main.1.3ec82470ECornz&algo_pvid=1e14e8ea-a2b4-4942-b410-5288122014a5&algo_exp_id=1e14e8ea-a2b4-4942-b410-5288122014a5-0&pdp_ext_f={"sku_id":"12000026966092048"}&[email protected][email protected]!12000026966092048!sea!US!4419663046&curPageLogUid=AWX4gk7bRJZy
I am not a fan of sticking in a toothpick, or a piece of plastic in the switch, or even defeating the hood latch to fool the car.
I know I can just push the button to turn it off each time.
For me, it's just so nice not to have to do that.
I know it's a small thing, but as the fellow said, "It's the small things in life that make big differences."
Has anyone found a Stop/Start cable/ harness extension for a reasonable price here in the States?
If you have, could you please share your experiences?
Thanks...
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I guess there is a separate scale for "nerve-racking"... thinking something might break? Lol.
How much time did it take?
Thanks!
Difficulty to remove: 3 out of 10. The trim tool flexes so you need to fiddle with it a bit to get the faceplate to move.What was the difficulty on a scale of 1 to 10 to remove the faceplate?
I guess there is a separate scale for "nerve-racking"... thinking something might break? Lol.
How much time did it take?
Thanks!
Nerve wracking: 6 out of 10. A member on another GV70 forum I'm on described the process so I knew the faceplate was going to take some effort to pop.
Time to complete: ~ 10 minutes. Once you get the end of the faceplate out it's plug and play. I did confirm the functionality before snapping the faceplate back.
video on YT shows pulling off the side trim panel to get behind the plate. looks like that method takes some patience to get the original plug out, and then wiggling in the new plug. But at least by going in the side there's no chance to break the actual face plate.
That's what I did. Wasn't that easy though. Took my wife's smaller hands to get plugged in.video on YT shows pulling off the side trim panel to get behind the plate. looks like that method takes some patience to get the original plug out, and then wiggling in the new plug. But at least by going in the side there's no chance to break the actual face plate.
Has anyone had any rattles after the install???
I have not. Works like a charmHas anyone had any rattles after the install???
Even when I watched that video with the guy installing it from the side, it looked like it took him a bit of time before he was finally able to connect it. hahahaThat's what I did. Wasn't that easy though. Took my wife's smaller hands to get plugged in.
I ordered the AliExpress harness. $40.79 delivered
ok, so I purchased this harness off Aliexpress. Delivered for under 50 dollars. I took off the door frame insulation and pried off the side panel. There was a harness zip tied to a metal frame that sat in the way of my hands, so I had to temporarily move this harness aside by cutting the zip ties. Removing the original plug was easy enough once I got a feel for where the plug actually is; the plug itself is not directly behind the actual ISG Button. The plug sits pretty much centered between the ISG button and the button next to it. I didn't really discover this until I tried to plug in the new harness and couldn't figure out why I couldn't "feel" the new plug into place.
I ended up prying off the faceplate to get a better look. I didn't fully remove the faceplate because I noticed there was a little bit of adhesive on the inner half of the faceplate where it sits near the steering wheel (if that makes sense).
Anyway, by prying off the face place I then realized where the actual female portion of the plug sits, and from there I put the faceplate back into place and then wiggled in the male portion of the new harness.
if I had to do this over again, now knowing the actual female side of the plug doesn't sit directly behind the ISG button, it would be much much easier for me to install.
If you choose to pry off the face plate, I recommend putting some painter's tape on the silver portion surrounding the faceplate since you'll be prying the plastic tool against this silver frame to get it off. It is held in very tightly with clips.
The installation can be done by just removing the side trim piece as seen in the youtube video, but if you have large hands it's not going to be an easy install. Have someone with smaller hands do the work.
One thing I realized is this harness has no memory. This harness always defaults to turning ISG off when you start the car. It does not remember your last setting, so if you happened to turn on ISG on your last drive and want to allow it to operate again on your next drive, you will have to now turn it on when you next start up your car.
I had purchased a different harness for my Palisade and that one has a memory to default back to your last setting. That harness cost me almost twice as much as this Aliexpress harness, and I'd rather pay less and just know that the ISG feature is always defaulted to OFF when I start the car.
cheers
I ended up prying off the faceplate to get a better look. I didn't fully remove the faceplate because I noticed there was a little bit of adhesive on the inner half of the faceplate where it sits near the steering wheel (if that makes sense).
Anyway, by prying off the face place I then realized where the actual female portion of the plug sits, and from there I put the faceplate back into place and then wiggled in the male portion of the new harness.
if I had to do this over again, now knowing the actual female side of the plug doesn't sit directly behind the ISG button, it would be much much easier for me to install.
If you choose to pry off the face plate, I recommend putting some painter's tape on the silver portion surrounding the faceplate since you'll be prying the plastic tool against this silver frame to get it off. It is held in very tightly with clips.
The installation can be done by just removing the side trim piece as seen in the youtube video, but if you have large hands it's not going to be an easy install. Have someone with smaller hands do the work.
One thing I realized is this harness has no memory. This harness always defaults to turning ISG off when you start the car. It does not remember your last setting, so if you happened to turn on ISG on your last drive and want to allow it to operate again on your next drive, you will have to now turn it on when you next start up your car.
I had purchased a different harness for my Palisade and that one has a memory to default back to your last setting. That harness cost me almost twice as much as this Aliexpress harness, and I'd rather pay less and just know that the ISG feature is always defaulted to OFF when I start the car.
cheers
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