To turn off the auto stop, its on the bottom part of dash under the AC controls. Its an A surrounded mostly by a circle with OFF under it ... you may need to press it every time you turn on the car if there is not an option to permanently disable. Driving in the UK where stop lights also use the yellow before turning to red, its not annoying as you just take foot off at the yellow. But in the states ... i could see this being annoying.