How Many Times Toyota Will Let Your Car Start-Stop Before Replacing Your Starter ?

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Automatic start/stop systems help to mitigate tailpipe emissions when idling, but for folks who are concerned about this function affecting the longevity of your starter motor, Toyota built-in a predetermined number of cycles before throwing a check engine light.

Faye Hadley, a certified ASE Master Technician and social media influencer, shared a video about the number of starts that a Toyota equipped with the automatic start/stop function will allow before throwing a check engine light indicating that it needs a replacement.

I'll ruin it for you if you haven't checked yet;, Toyota will allow 384,000 restarts before throwing a code. If the starter motor is ever replaced before this milestone, technicians have to reset this measurement, giving your starter motor a maximum lifetime of 384,000 restarts.

To contextualize that number, 384,000 restarts equates to more-than 21 starts every single day for 50 years. Now, this doesn't necessarily mean that the starter motors will last that many cycles, but that's the built-in point when Toyota requires your starter to be replaced.

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