According to Toyota spokesman Brian Lyons, speaking for the Wall Street Journal, the modification to the start stop button is only under study at this point.

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.

AutoWeek provided a detailed explanation of the auto start-stop button that’s present on various vehicle models, along with why they were invented in the first place.

Once inside, depress the brake pedal, push the engine start/stop button — located immediately to the right of the steering wheel — and the Cruze springs to life.

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.

Toyota says that the three-second depression time is meant to keep people from accidentally hitting the button and killing the engine, which would also knock out power steering and other systems.

The Chevy Tahoe and Chevy Suburban will be equipped with a button that will disable the Automatic Engine Stop/Start feature.

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