Hill Start Assist

[marks]

Hi,

Does anyone know if this can be turned off?

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[Gibbo205]

Hi,

Does anyone know if this can be turned off?

Yes, easily done within the in car menus. Check your cars manual.

 

[GR11M]

How does the hill start assist work ?

 

[Gibbo205]

How does the hill start assist work ?

Its in the driver assist menu.

I would imagine it just sends a command to rear brakes to apply for 2-3s until the clutch is released to just prevent the car from rolling back.

It is easy to disable via going into the driver assist menu and just pressing ok on it.

 

[Centurion07]

One of the first things I disabled, along with auto wipers; I'LL be in charge of when and where to apply these things, thanks!

 

[croyde]

I park outside my house on a bit of a slope. Couldn't pull away thanks to the brakes thinking I needed an assist and having been off the horizontal all night would first feel as if they had rusted to the discs.

 

[Lazyitis]

Ha ha. I didn't know we had hill assist until I saw this thread:doh:. Our drive is like the north face of the Eiger so this will be really useful, especially for the missus who already needs two hands to release the handbrake because it has to be pulled up so tight. Now where's that handbook!

 

[Manders Mustang]

One of the first things I disabled, along with auto wipers; I'LL be in charge of when and where to apply these things, thanks!

bet you don't use auto lights or cruise control, you've also got a sticker over your rear view mirrors sensor right :lol::lol:!

Jokes aside, Hill Start Assist hasn't been too much of a nuisance for me. As Gibbo said, you can turn it off on the cars information cluster in the dash.

If you want the 'official' thing it does:

The system prevents the car from rolling away when trying to pull away on an up or down gradient, simulating a "handbrake hill start" manual drivers will be familiar with.

 

[GR11M]

Its in the driver assist menu.

I would imagine it just sends a command to rear brakes to apply for 2-3s until the clutch is released to just prevent the car from rolling back.

It is easy to disable via going into the driver assist menu and just pressing ok on it.

I was just curious because on 2-3 occasions I've felt the brakes stick/creak when I've tried to pull away on a flat surface.

 

[Timewarp]

Auto everything FTW. Let me concentrate on the actual driving.

 

[SteveS]

Auto everything FTW. Let me concentrate on the actual driving.

The wipers activating by themselves scares the bejesus out of me...

 

[welsh treg]

The wipers activating by themselves scares the bejesus out of me...

Tis the sign of the devil !




Have got the self parking sensors on our Ford Kuga,

Totally freaked our youngest daughter first time I used it

 

[marks]

Yep these pointless technologies really get on my nerves. Hill start assists, auto wipers, auto lights, keyless entry (just creates additonal security issues), electric handbrake (thankfully that's not on the Mustang), auto this, auto that. I want to drive the car, not the car drive me! Rant over

 

[Timewarp]

Yep these pointless technologies really get on my nerves. Hill start assists, auto wipers, auto lights, keyless entry (just creates additonal security issues), electric handbrake (thankfully that's not on the Mustang), auto this, auto that. I want to drive the car, not the car drive me! Rant over

I'm the opposite - I love all of that.

However, leave the steering, acceleration, braking and gear changing to me (although I do like the idea of Audi's traffic jam assist - braking, acceleration and auto steering in heavy traffic only).

 

[JB]

Yep these pointless technologies really get on my nerves. Hill start assists, auto wipers, auto lights, keyless entry (just creates additonal security issues), electric handbrake (thankfully that's not on the Mustang), auto this, auto that. I want to drive the car, not the car drive me! Rant over

Hill start assist may seem pointless in the UK, because it is mostly flat, but I bet people living in hilly cities in continental Europe would beg to differ. Yes, you can use your handbrake, but if you have to use it on every other junction, on a daily basis, I guess it gets rather annoying after a while.

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