Do NOT tap the engine start/stop button." Separately, an incident involving a push-button start in a Lexus in 2009 killed 79-year-old Ernest Codelia Jr. and left his companion, Mary Rivera, brain ...

The car has 35,400 miles on it; any idea what harm this did? A: Leaving the car running is a fairly common occurrence with push button start vehicles.

Engine start-stop buttons used to be a novelty, but now they're found in most everyday vehicles. Check out AutoGuide.com's Top 10 list of most unique car ignitions here.

60 per cent of drivers with push-button start systems had no idea their car had a hidden emergency start feature ...

Most of us aren’t going to try to turn off a car at 70 miles per hour on the highway. But what would happen if you accidentally bumped the push-button starter or experienced a mechanical failure ...

It’s a way to use the motion of a car to fire up its engine. Here’s a look at how this joyful automotive pastime works, and why you can’t push-start a vehicle with an automatic transmission.

Toyota has modified the start-stop buttons in most of its models so that they shut the engine off after three quick pushes, or after being continuously pushed for two seconds.

According to CJ Pony Parts, the auto start-stop button “Shuts off your vehicle’s engine when idling, then automatically starts it again when your foot leaves the brake pedal.