Unfortunately, start/stop did kick in. In our cars, the hood open at start will not prevent S/S from operating if we close the hood. To express disappointment with your car or dealership experience, call Subaru Of America (SOA) 1-800-782-2783. 👨🔧 I am not affiliated with Subaru. 👨🔧. 2020XT.A free defeat solution, which I saw described somewhere else, is to set the defroster to always on in vehicle settings. Defroster on is one of several conditions that will disable auto start/stop. Or just don’t press on the break hard! Personally, the auto start/stop doesn’t bother me. No solution. If you have pre facelift and it has phisical button, you can order and install a plug and play switch , witch will turn the position and the "off mode" will be the default. If you have facelift, you can install and programme a phisycally button and do it as mentioned. No other way!
