Hill start assist

[stevnoof]

When I purchased My car in sept 2014 the hill start assist didn't work. I brought it to the dealer and they said "oh the car doesn't have this feature" which obviously it did I could enable And disable it, it just wouldn't work. Well I decided to try it now 2 years later and it worked! I almost stalled out bc I did t know what the hell was happening, the car seemed to roll forward instead of backwards which is the point I guess. now that it works i dont know if I want to even use it I'm so used to not having it... Anyway does anyone use this feature? Or not really?

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[raceguy13]

I use it, only takes a couple of uses to get used to it. I don't know if I would want to go without it now.

 

[slythetove]

I use it. It's not that I can't start on a hill myself, but it's for that one time - the one time something goes wrong, distracts, I fat-foot the clutch, whatever. When that day comes I'd rather just have this feature holding the car on the hill.

 

[stevnoof]

Yea it just feels strange getting used to I reckon. Cool function though.

 

[TruBlu16GT]

Hated it. Most useless "feature" this car has. Turned it off on Day-2 and never turned it back on.

I wish dealers weren't so.... ignorant. I shopped around for a dealership that knew inside and out the product they were selling. That put me at ease. I just have no tolerance for ignorance these days I guess.

 

[Braski]

Left it on for my wife for about a week than turned it off and hasn't been on since.

 

[stang1971]

Hated it. Most useless "feature" this car has. Turned it off on Day-2 and never turned it back on.

I wish dealers weren't so.... ignorant. I shopped around for a dealership that knew inside and out the product they were selling. That put me at ease. I just have no tolerance for ignorance these days I guess.

the useless feature are the blinkers in the vents

 

[stevelp99]

When I first tried it i couldn't get it to work, turned out the slope I was testing it on wasn't steep enough to turn on hill assist even though I would roll backwards. I leave it on because its nice to have and gives a little extra piece of mind, but I still start off as if I didn't have it because like most electronic devices, they're prone to failure and would rather not rely solely on electronic gadgetry where skill and judgement is necessary.

 

[OracleHCR]

Never even turned it on in my Mustang. I turned it on in my daughter's Focus because she was just learning how to drive a standard. It is almost like cheating compared to when I first learned how to drive.

 

[LICobra]

I didn't even know a manual Mustang had this feature, been doing it on my own since '72....don't need to start now...:lol:

 

[Bankss550]

I tried it for the first week and thought it felt weird so I turned it off. I have no intention of turning it back on.

 

[Jay-rod427]

When I purchased My car in sept 2014 the hill start assist didn't work. I brought it to the dealer and they said "oh the car doesn't have this feature" which obviously it did I could enable And disable it, it just wouldn't work. Well I decided to try it now 2 years later and it worked! I almost stalled out bc I did t know what the hell was happening, the car seemed to roll forward instead of backwards which is the point I guess. now that it works i dont know if I want to even use it I'm so used to not having it... Anyway does anyone use this feature? Or not really?

Fwiw it has to be a certain grade hill for it to activate. Some small inclines the car will roll, but hill assist doesn't activate until steeper.

 

[vinnie_febs]

Turned mine off on Day One!

 

[DetroitGT]

Meh.. I leave it on, even though I don't need it. Previous cars I've had with that feature held the brake too long, really making it suck. But Ford actually got it right.

 

[Bartly]

I used it until I got used to the clutch action. It's been off ever since, doubt it will ever be turned on again.

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