just you mike :tup:

Do not need to press & hold,just depress the brake,press & release,the car will start itself.

This. Im always looking for a start button to push when I get in other cars now, freakin muscle memory! I also find myself with my right hand on the shifter of automatic cars out of habit.

I too find myself doing this in my new Sequoia (standard key ignition) since both my other cars are push button (Z and Jag XF). A push button is just so much more efficient IMO.

when you turn a key type ignition, all it does is rotate the lock so that it pushes a button in the switch... keyless start is just eliminating the key itself (which is a good thing). the keys have been trasmitting to the cars for 20 years now, that's nothing new, why not have keyless?

also of note: higher end cars have not required the operator to hold the key in ignition position (usually position #4 just past "ON") for a while. my step mom's last car was a 2000 BMW 740iL and all you had to do was just tap it into ignition and let go and the car would hold the starter circuit until it had fully started.

I'm 23....

i learned to drive on my mom's 2002 Lincoln LS v8 (key)
my 'first' car was the last 4 months of my dads '05 lincoln LS v8 (Key)
After my mom's lincoln she leased an 05 m35x (push button)
after my dad's lincoln he bought a 2008 g35x (push button)
after my dad's lincoln i bought a 2008 altima coupe (push button)
after my mom's m35x she leased a 2009 g37x (push button)
after i got bored of my 2008 altima coupe i bought the 370z (push button)
3 weeks ago i bought a 1994 300zx twin turbo.... (push button... just kidding)

so as you can see, most of my driving has been done on push button start nissans.

I press the button for as long as it needs to be pressed, which isn't very long. tapping the button as long as the clutch is depressed is enough to start the car.

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Steve

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I'm sure there's a failsafe, but can the push button shut down the car while your driving? What if you had to shut it off because of a stuck accellerator?

I'm guessing you would have to hold it down for a few seconds to shut it off. Not exactly something I want to try, just curious.

Man, brings back memories of my high school days...

That's an interesting question. I'm kinda curious what would happen.

my friend has pushed the button in his lexus IS250 while driving and it doesn't do anything.

I thought you had to hold the button down for like the first 2 weeks I had my car. (I've never had a car with push button start.)

Then I touched it once and it came on... I was like... hell yea!

I wuz noobz



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I tried pushing the button while driving and it doesn't shut off. I don't know about holding it... but you can push it all you want and nothing should happen.

I have to admit I probably push the start/stop button longer than needed. I push and hold until ON lights up and then let go. Stopping just requires a quick tap.

Hope your not reaching for a shift lever mounted on the steering column! I drove one of those in high school back in the early 60's!

yea i don't think that it does anything while driving, but i definitely wouldn't try it. if you have a stuck accelerator, take the car out of gear and pull over