Auto stop/start when towing with an automatic

I tend to avoid the M25 whether towing or not .... 😉

I discovered on a recent outing that whilst all the electronics worked perfectly (or so it seemed to me) it was only when I disabled the stop/start facility, that the fridge worked on 12v. No wonder my beer wasn't ice-cold after a trip to Cornwall 😀

What vehicle do you have? Our Volvo XC 60 appears to automatically disable when we hitch up, but perhaps I should think of manually disabling it then too.

Hi stop start info required I have a Volvox 60 B5 Inscription Pro

Having read previous on subject I looked through hand book & could find no mention as to whether it should be switched off car not done enough miles yet to tow so unable to try it out

Anyone got XC60 they have towed with & can tell me if this happens automatically when towing

I can’t get very excited about the stop start function.  You come to halt the engine stop, you want to go the engine starts again.   The feature that drives me mad is the autohold brake when I am trying to manoeuvre.  

See the post above yours. We towed with ours, an XC 60 D5,  for over 10000 mils

Nellie, it's a Kia Sorento. I bought it a few months ago (it's 2 years old) and discovered the tow bar had been fitted retrospectively by a local specialist. I noticed when connecting the van, everything appeared  to work, but couldn't understand why my beer in the fridge wasn't ice-cold when I got to Cornwall (5 hours) it was just chilled. On the way back I noticed the fridge lights were flashing (meaning no power) I had read somewhere about stop/start function being disabled when towing.....and Hey Presto, it worked as soon as it was. 

I must admit that I've never checked if the fridge is working when towing. We are never on the road for that sort of time, and the fridge is filled with already chilled and frozen  food when leaving home or moving from site to site.

Just done bit of reading up on the net & new volvo xc60 does cut out S/S when trailer plugged in

Any decent car designed with towing in mind will automatically disable start/stop when sensing a caravan plugged in. Mine senses the feedback of a leisure battery and reconfigures the charging to suit, also the fridge works as it should.

Interestingly, start/stop is not automatically disabled when I use the towball bike carrier with its lighting board plugged in.