The car will roll backwards, or forward, if your foot isn't on the brakes at idle. I notice this all the time sitting at traffic lights. The hill hold keeps the car stationary, but only for a while and then it releases even if I haven't pressed the accelerator.Woodie wrote:Sorry for this tangential threadjack, but what the hell is the purpose of hill hold on an automatic? Most of us with manual successfully work all three pedals at once in the same situation, are people having trouble keeping one foot on the brake and one foot on the gas?
My 2014 Wrangler's automatic has hill hold and it works the same way. Very handy for when I'm pulling the Samurai around. The transition from brake to gas, even on a hill, is smooth and seamless. With it disabled, the weight of the Samurai pulls the Jeep backwards quickly until I get to the gas. Eliminates the lurch under accel.
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