Hillhold sucks

[paulpas]

It grabs on for too long on a hill and I stall 50% of the time, or it causes me to slip the clutch more as I waste the engines power into slipping the clutch until it lets me go. Is there any way to disable it or shorten how long it holds on?

-Paul

2012 Passat TDI SE 6-Speed

[dweisel]

Originally Posted by paulpas

It grabs on for too long on a hill and I stall 50% of the time, or it causes me to slip the clutch more as I waste the engines power into slipping the clutch until it lets me go. Is there any way to disable it or shorten how long it holds on?

-Paul

2012 Passat TDI SE 6-Speed

You can disable with VCDS.

[MyAvocation]

... or just grab the handbrake and save a little fuel to boot.

[under2x]

Weird, I find it to be extremely useful and haven't had any problems with it. My driveway is on a hill so i use it almost every day.

[paulpas]

I tend to roll back less than an inch when on a hill so I only need the assist for a fraction of a second. If I were in SFBay I might appreciate that 1 solid second that it grabs hold. It just really messes with me and makes the starts jerky once it finally lets go. I dislike it.

[gergg]

I love the hill-hold feature......driving around my neck of the woods(hills) the wife says it makes the Passat 6M care-free to drive.

[TomB]

Originally Posted by MyAvocation

... or just grab the handbrake and save a little fuel to boot.

Or just get the DSG.

[physicshogon]

Originally Posted by paulpas

It grabs on for too long on a hill and I stall 50% of the time, or it causes me to slip the clutch more as I waste the engines power into slipping the clutch until it lets me go. Is there any way to disable it or shorten how long it holds on?

-Paul

2012 Passat TDI SE 6-Speed

What exactly is the hill hold feature and how do you enable it?

[dweisel]

Hill Assist holds the brake 2 seconds when you are startin out on a hiIt probably would have been enabled from the factory. IF not you can use VCDS to activate/set it.

[Elfnmagik]

Originally Posted by TomB

Or just get the DSG.

Which also has hill hold.

[no-blue-screen]

I find it useful. Coming from a 5-spd I have accidentally hit 4th (instead of 6th) more than I have stalled it (twice in 2500+ miles). Steep hill starts take some getting used to.

[andy7079]

Take a look at this forum. I imagine the settings are similar among the models. There's Early, Normal, and Late options for Hill Hold Assist.

http://forums.tdiclub.com/showthread.php?t=323027

[740GLE]

Originally Posted by no-blue-screen

I find it useful. Coming from a 5-spd I have accidentally hit 4th (instead of 6th) more than I have stalled it (twice in 2500+ miles). Steep hill starts take some getting used to.

For me it was going into third instead of first, stalled it 3 times trying to pull a u-turn 10 minutes after picking it up from the dealer, I just wasn't used to how the shifter was sprung band new.

[JAvendan]

Originally Posted by dweisel

Hill Assist holds the brake 2 seconds when you are startin out on a hiIt probably would have been enabled from the factory. IF not you can use VCDS to activate/set it.

Oh!

I test drove a 2012 Golf TDI 4D 6SPD and thought there was a problem w the hill holder as I was rolling back after a few seconds.

Having had a 2005 Forester w hill holder I thought there was a problem w the Golf's.

The Forester's hill holder would hold until it was time to get going.

Joel

[paulpas]

So the question now is, does anyone have a VAG-COM that I can use near the Omaha, NE area?