I've been driving manual for 20yrs and it doesn't bother me but I've noticed in my 14GT that if I'm on a hill the car doesn't roll back when releasing the clutch. My 10GT would roll in this situation. Do I have a problem or is this standard in the new models?
From 2014 user guide;
Using Hill Start Assist
Note: If the engine is revved excessively, hill start assist will be deactivated.
1. Press the brake pedal to bring the vehicle to a complete standstill. Keep the brake pedal pressed.
2. If the sensors detect that the vehicle is on a slope, the hill start assist feature will be activated automatically.
3. When you remove your foot from the brake pedal, the vehicle will remain on the slope without rolling away for approximately two or three seconds. This hold time will automatically be extended if you are in the process of driving off.
4. Drive off in the normal manner. The brakes will be released automatically.
Disabling and Enabling the Hill Start Assist Feature
Your vehicle comes with hill start assist already enabled. If desired, you can disable the feature by following the procedure below.
The following procedure must be completed within 45 seconds or the process will have to be repeated. Begin this procedure with the ignition turned off. This procedure is for both disabling and enabling the hill start assist system.
1. Apply the parking brake to make sure the vehicle is not moving.
2. Turn the ignition on.
3. Place the vehicle in neutral gear.
4. Slowly press and release the brake pedal five times – make sure the brake pedal is completely released each time.
5. Rotate the steering wheel at least one full turn to the right and return
the steering wheel to the original starting position.
6. Rotate the steering wheel at least one full turn to the left and return the steering wheel to the original starting position.
7. Slowly press and release the brake pedal five times – ensure the brake pedal is completely released each time.
When the procedure has been completed successfully, the ABS icon in the instrument cluster will flash:
• three times indicating that the feature has been disabled. • twice indicating it has been enabled.
Once the feature is programmed as desired, it will remain in that mode until the above procedure is repeated.
Note: When the AdvanceTrac® system is disabled (see the Traction Control chapter in your owner’s manual for information on how to do this), the hill start assist feature is also disabled for the duration that the AdvanceTrac® system is in that mode. Re-enabling AdvanceTrac® will also re-enable hill start assist.
Note: If you have used the above procedure to disable the hill start assist feature, then enabling or disabling AdvanceTrac® will not effect the hill start assist system.
Note: If the engine is revved excessively, hill start assist will be deactivated.
1. Press the brake pedal to bring the vehicle to a complete standstill. Keep the brake pedal pressed.
2. If the sensors detect that the vehicle is on a slope, the hill start assist feature will be activated automatically.
3. When you remove your foot from the brake pedal, the vehicle will remain on the slope without rolling away for approximately two or three seconds. This hold time will automatically be extended if you are in the process of driving off.
4. Drive off in the normal manner. The brakes will be released automatically.
Disabling and Enabling the Hill Start Assist Feature
Your vehicle comes with hill start assist already enabled. If desired, you can disable the feature by following the procedure below.
The following procedure must be completed within 45 seconds or the process will have to be repeated. Begin this procedure with the ignition turned off. This procedure is for both disabling and enabling the hill start assist system.
1. Apply the parking brake to make sure the vehicle is not moving.
2. Turn the ignition on.
3. Place the vehicle in neutral gear.
4. Slowly press and release the brake pedal five times – make sure the brake pedal is completely released each time.
5. Rotate the steering wheel at least one full turn to the right and return
the steering wheel to the original starting position.
6. Rotate the steering wheel at least one full turn to the left and return the steering wheel to the original starting position.
7. Slowly press and release the brake pedal five times – ensure the brake pedal is completely released each time.
This caught me off guard the first couple of times it happened. Feels a little juvenile but hey no complicated hill starts. Plus I drive in SF fairly often.
Ish416,
If the sensors detect that the vehicle is on a slope, the hill start assist feature will be activated automatically. When you remove your foot from the brake pedal, the vehicle will remain on the slope without rolling away for approximately two or three seconds. This hold time will automatically be extended if you are in the process of driving off.
Maybe that is why it doesn't work consistently for you, you only have 2 or 3 seconds after you release the break pedal.
I've never depended on any kind of hill assist in the 45+ years I've been driving manuals, so I'm pretty accustomed to catching the car before it rolls back much if any. In extreme grades or if the idiot behind has pulled right up on my ass, I'll just use the parking brake, gradually releasing it to match clutch take up.
I think on a couple of occasions, when I first got the car, the hill assist has caused me to stall when I beat the release time and the brakes were still holding the car. I was not expecting the extra resistance and didn't evidently apply enough gas. Hasn't happened lately and I haven't been tempted to disable it.
The hill needs to be steep enough (don't know the exact spec) or it doesn't engage. So a minor grade means your back to using your quick right left foot skills. When you do encounter a steep incline and the feature is active it really helps.
I don't have a problem with it. Simply caught me off guard when I was expecting to roll. I wish I had that feature 20 years ago when I started driving manual.
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It's on by default. I turned it off. I found it harder to start from a hill with it on because it was hard to feel the clutch catch. The steps to turn it off is ridiculous lol.
U can feel it catch cuz the car will still squat backwards when the clutch engages even though the car doesn't move forward. The more it catches the more the car squats.
But yeah it's kinda weird at first. Kinda like you trying to accelerate while the parking brakes are on but after using it for a couple years now I'm in love with the damn thing lol
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