Ah yes, that old chestnut. It appears that Perodua owners are still pushing their start buttons more than once before actually turning over the engine, despite the national carmaker having already pointed out last year that this was not necessary. The company has now put out another Facebook post called the “Push Start Button Myth,” asking users whether to press the button once or twice.
The answer, as Perodua revealed in the comments, is just once – with the brake pedal depressed, of course – to start the engine immediately.
Where did this “myth” come from? It likely stems from the fact that on older cars (this is way before the advent of keyless entry and start systems), it was customary to turn the key to the accessory position and wait for the warning lights on the instrument cluster to turn off. Only then would users turn the key once more to start the engine. Even Perodua’s own salespeople have been guilty of teaching this to new owners.
The thinking behind this was that the pause before starting would give the car time to prime the fuel pump and run systems checks, ensuring a full and proper startup. There are also theories bandied about that starting the engine immediately would “shock” the electrical system or the engine and damage them – indeed, this was brought up in the comments.
As Perodua has previously explained, modern cars with their more advanced electronics do not work in the same way. When the start button is pressed in these vehicles, the engine isn’t cranked immediately – there is a delay, usually less than a second, for the car to perform its pre-start checks. The various computers are also able to cancel a startup if a critical issue is detected, preventing further damage.
Pressing the start button once to enter accessory mode before properly starting the engine does nothing to protect the car. There’s no harm in doing it, but there’s no benefit either. The same goes to having the air con turned off when starting a car these days – even if it’s been left on, the electronics will delay spinning up the compressor until the engine has already turned over, so there’s no added stress to the electrical system.
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looks like their b40 customers arent very bright
I’m T20. I drive a bezza. I was taught in electrical. system you must prime. Currents and amps are pain in the butt. You don’t have the knowledge and brains to understand this complex work of electronic. Don’t talk and run your mouth. Double press to prime is best practices in any electric situation
if not mistaken some modern cars (not perodua) already auto prime the electronics and fuel pump once it detects that the key fob is onboard the car in close proximity .
Already 2026 but still living in the 90s…
Genuine question here!! How to convince my family members weh?
They want to ask you,
Button rosak how much,
Electronics rosak how much.
Why cannot tekan 2x if Butang won’t rosak, it will rosak?
Show the article
Satu kali tekan or tekan 1 kali?
If no need to push 2x then just make it so that nothing happens if you push the button without stepping on the brakes
Depressing brake is a safety feature. To avoid kids from starting the car. A deterrent. If you didn’t know that, now you do
Press 1 time wait 1~2 sec fuel pump up then only press 2 time for easier start. Press 1 time hold to start for new car of course no problem, after 1 year battery die faster only mah, perodua sc only charge rm495 for that eco idle battery.
battery die fast is because stop-start often in heavy traffic. will happen regardless of whether driver press button once or twice
I use 3 years battery baru tuka maaa. Can push once only.
battery dies fast because start-stop often in traffic jam . its unrelated to pressing once or twice.
From few months back, I am starting press twice due to if just press it once, the reverse sensor trigger warning and indicator not come off for few minutes, this just happened about after about 15 months of use. Believed either is a sign to tell me battery need to change soon, or, just typical buatan Malaysia sensors quality.
By pressing few times before start, everything just macam ok je, no problem at all.
Makruh la hukum nya ya? Buat tak salah, tak buat pun tak salah.
Harus
mungkin 1 lebih bagus dari 2 …..
The other one that damages gearboxes is shifting to N at stops.
And putting new tire on the front.
Grandfather stories
My car engine pump failed due to immediate start up, bought less than a year. 2nd problem immerge by the same cause and it was literally the oil didn’t have sufficient time to reach engine by a single start up button, utterly inconvenience
Perodua maybe right because no external fuel filter and using 0w 20 thin engine oil. The eco idle u may find not useful but eventually u get a more capable/durable starter motor.
Sometime feeling jerking/semput2 while driving bila method start engine tekan sekali…2,3 gak kena, lepas tu ikut je la 3 step start engine, tak sampai seminit pun kene tunggu…