Heating element operation and engine start-stop availability
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1. A vehicle comprising:
- a heating element coupled to a rear visibility component;
an engine; and
a controller programmed to auto-start and auto-stop the engine and, while the engine is on and the heating element is activated, responsive to receiving an auto-stop received while the heating element has been activated less than a predetermined time, inhibit auto-stop of the engine and, upon expiration of the predetermined time, continue activating the heating element and auto-stop the engine.
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a rear visibility component having a heating element. The vehicle further includes an engine and at least one controller programmed to auto-start and auto-stop the engine. The at least one controller is programmed to inhibit the auto-stop of the engine in response to receiving an auto-stop request while the engine is on and the heating element has been operating less than a predetermined time. In some configurations, the at least one controller is programmed to auto-start the engine and operate the heating element at a full power level in response to expiration of a time period that began with an auto-stop of the engine that occurred after the engine auto-stop was inhibited.
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1. A vehicle comprising:
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a heating element coupled to a rear visibility component; an engine; and a controller programmed to auto-start and auto-stop the engine and, while the engine is on and the heating element is activated, responsive to receiving an auto-stop received while the heating element has been activated less than a predetermined time, inhibit auto-stop of the engine and, upon expiration of the predetermined time, continue activating the heating element and auto-stop the engine. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A vehicle comprising:
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a heating element coupled to a rear visibility component; an indicator for heating element activation status; an engine; and a controller programmed to auto-start and auto-stop the engine and, responsive to a request to activate the heating element while the engine is auto-stopped, inhibit activation of the heating element and activate the indicator and, responsive to expiration of a predetermined time from the request, auto-start the engine and activate the heating element. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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inhibiting, by a controller, an auto-stop request for an engine received while the engine is on and a heating element for a rear visibility component is activated and has been operating at a full power level for less than a predetermined time; and outputting, by the controller, the auto-stop request in response to expiration of the predetermined time while the heating element remains activated. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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