Will Start-Stop Technology Eventually Damage Your Vehicle?

No because I will have this annoying & cumbersome feature disabled out of any vehicle that comes equipped with it...

I concur, hate it and it is permanently switched off on my car.

Not if you purchase a Mazda

Yes! Yes it will!
That's why folks should drive an all-electric! :)

Electric is also a scam.

Sure, if you say so.

Start/Stop technology exists solely for one reason: So manufacturers can get their EPA MPG numbers up. In less kind words, it's a scheme that successfully games the system, and leads consumers to believe they'll save money and lower emission by burning less fuel. This is true, but ONLY is your driving style replicates the fuel economy test cycle... which it likely doesn't.

In practice, Start/Stop saves meaningful quantities of fuel only if you spend a lot of time stopped. This means a long duration for each stop, as opposed to stop-and-go traffic where you briefly come to a stop and then start moving again.

For the vast majority of people, Start/Stop does not save fuel or lower emissions meaningfully, all the while adding starter cycles, more engine wear, and inconvenience. There's also those annoying engine stalls (rare, yet still dangerous in an inopportune time).

I leave mine off almost all the time.

Hell I had one on a manual tranny M4.... I disabled it.

Most annoying feature of all time. Especially on performance cars.

Actually - while it may be annoying in driving - the difference in MPG allows for the manufacturers to put more higher powered engines into cars - making more performance cars possible.

IF you would prefer they eliminate those cars - and stop/start - that is your prerogative. However - in my mind - "features" such as this are there to allow for more options of the customer - which to me is not a bad thing. There was a time when "pollution controls" were the enemy of performance cars - and the cars survived to have a better day from catalytic converters too. If you asked THEN about them - the drivers would have been against them too.

Start/stop doesn't give a real world advantage, but it does wear out starters.

Start stop is a dangerous nightmare in heavy stop and go traffic.

My E350 has it and i got used to it. It’s only an issue in stop and go traffic. About a year ago at about 35000 miles the six battery that controls it wore out. Thank GOD it was under warranty! If the starter goes I’ll probably trade it in for a new BMW 540 MSport.

Been reading about start/stop for almost a decade as it was available in Europe way before the US

First of all, it does not impact the starter/solenoid at all. I don't understand the technology nor can I explain it, but the starter does not restart the car

Secondly, the last i heard the EPA does not allow the city cycle testing to include start/stop because it can be disengaged

I personally think it's pretty cool-I'm on my second car with it. Of course, I don't live in a huge metropolitan area like LA. Not sure if I drove 50 feet and stopped every 20 seconds I'd be so crazy about it