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I "discovered" this convenient feature yesterday where if I press hard on the brake pedal while the vehicle is at a stop, the brake will hold the vehicle until I press the accelerator. A "HOLD" light illuminates indicating its on. I can take my foot off the brake and it stays put. I realize its designed as a hill hold assist but will work whether or not you are on an incline.
What I like is that when I'm at a stop light, it keeps me from creeping forward if I inadvertently lift my foot off the brake pedal. I think its a pretty cool feature...but then I'm easily amused.
I think it's a side-effect benefit from anti-lock braking systems.
The automatic cruise control system makes use of it too. Slows down, creeps along trying not to stop... then HOLD. You have to press the accelerator to get it to resume.
I do wonder how many times someone with a car that has all this assistive stuff gets into an accident when they drive something that doesn't have it...
Funny how little things like this amuse us.. It sure does for me.
Oddly enough, our early 80's Subaru had a rudimentary version of this, I remember my parents mentioning it while getting started on a hill with the manual transmission.
I've only gotten mine to work on an incline. I'll have to mess with it a bit more. It's one feature I miss from BMW, their's is a button and when active deploys every time you stop. Definitely helps reaction time at red lights when you need to merge quickly. Haha
Mine only works on incline as well. Mine is a 2013....may have been an update after that. Sort of like in 2014 they allowed the trunk to close with the button by the drivers door.
Mine only works on incline as well. Mine is a 2013....may have been an update after that. Sort of like in 2014 they allowed the trunk to close with the button by the drivers door.
I luv this function. Also I have a friend that has an Audi A7 and it works on their car also. They never knew about it until I suggested just holding the button and voila!! And the Hold function works without pressing the brake. Any incline and it engages. I like to see how long I can go before it engages. It also activates the brake lights when engaged.
I also enjoy the "Hold" . But the way I engage it is while stopped, quickly (like abs quick) pulse the brake. Hold seems to come on regardless of incline or not. I just havent come to fully trust it as automatics are supposed to creep when I come off the brake. So I sort of hover over it jic. Paranoid i guess.
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I've only gotten mine to work on an incline. I'll have to mess with it a bit more. It's one feature I miss from BMW, their's is a button and when active deploys every time you stop. Definitely helps reaction time at red lights when you need to merge quickly. Haha
Ditto on mine. It sounds as if functionality may have changed over the years.
Crossroads, welcome to 1936. The original Hill Holder was invented in South Bend Indiana and first used on this gorgeous 1936 Studebaker Coupe. Pretty much every new car uses it today.
Hill-hold... you kids these days... with your fancy features... (grumbles and gets up to look out for kids on the lawn...)
Nothing gets your clutch handling skills improved like learning on a steep incline. Folks in the Baltimore area will know Saratoga St. where it crosses St. Paul St. Mom had to learn in a '47 Plymouth there, and made sure I had to as well (granted, not in a '47 but a pitifully small '78 Honda Civic WAGON).
I'm not sold on the usefulness of the brake HOLD feature for an automatic. I mean, really? If you're going to be stopped, well, either hold the pedal or put it in Park. Not sure I see the usefulness of brake hold for most situations. I'm not arguing against it, just questioning the usefulness of it for an automatic and being manually engaged.
Hill-hold... you kids these days... with your fancy features... (grumbles and gets up to look out for kids on the lawn...)
Nothing gets your clutch handling skills improved like learning on a steep incline. Folks in the Baltimore area will know Saratoga St. where it crosses St. Paul St. Mom had to learn in a '47 Plymouth there, and made sure I had to as well (granted, not in a '47 but a pitifully small '78 Honda Civic WAGON).
I'm not sold on the usefulness of the brake HOLD feature for an automatic. I mean, really? If you're going to be stopped, well, either hold the pedal or put it in Park. Not sure I see the usefulness of brake hold for most situations. I'm not arguing against it, just questioning the usefulness of it for an automatic and being manually engaged.
‘I’ve used it once. Seems rather useless to me too. Of course I learned to use a clutch in 1952.
Crossroads, welcome to 1936. The original Hill Holder was invented in South Bend Indiana and first used on this gorgeous 1936 Studebaker Coupe. Pretty much every new car uses it today.
Cool, I learn something new everyday. Its funny that the "hill-holder" was invented in South Bend where there are virtually no hills. Basically flat state until you get south of Indy.
12-08-2018, 01:02 AM
"HOLD" function
