This is about a diesel Merc. I have driven it for about 4 years and the auto-stop feature has only worked (I think) twice, each time after a very long drive.
I presumed that this was because of standing idle every other day.
I’ve had a month off driving, with a small AA solar cell trickling a charge in. Today on returning to the car I got the warning message “please start engine, battery low”. I drove about 20 miles and the auto-stop started working. I wonder what’s going on. No thread drift please.