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This article claims two facts which I question, based on my 25 Outback Ltd:
(1) Article: "Or suppose your engine is only partially up to its normal operating temperature. In that case, the auto start-stop will not shut off the engine until it does reach the correct operating temperature." But ASS is active when I first brake about two blocks from my house, starting with a cold engine, so the engine cannot be anywhere near operating temp so quickly.
(2) Article: "The auto start-stop has a sensor to determine if the ambient temperature outside the vehicle exceeds the temperature inside." This is to shut off ASS, if air conditoning is so much needed? So it's 100 F outside, car in the sun, and 95 inside the car, just after I open the car door and let out the 120 degree air? So the ASS stays on because according in this context AC is not needed so much? Maybe it works this way, but the rule is still puzzling. Why not have ASS off, if the interior temp is two degrees above the targeted temp in the car? Can't make sense of this rule, even if the car works this way.