Posts Tagged: stop/start systems AGM battery

Stop Start Battery Diagnostics

February 23, 2020

Stop Start Battery Diagnostics Vehicles equipped with stop start systems use an AGM (absorbed glass mat) or enhanced flooded (EFB) lead-acid battery. To prevent the possibility of a no-start on a stop start system, the vehicle’s computer monitors the battery’s condition at all times. If it sees a discharge situation, it will prevent the engine shutdown and set a check engine light. What is an AGM battery? An AGM battery has some similarities to a standard acid (SLI) battery with; positive and negative plates, plate separators and sulfuric acid as … Read More