2010 DSG with Hill Holder?

[saizzz]

My wife has an '08 EOS DSG and I just picked up a '10 JSW DSG. Her car has pretty severe rollback when stopping on hills. The newer car doesn't seem to have this problem and I can't find any reference to a new transmission or hill holder feature.

I wanted to see if anyone has more info - I'd sure like to know if the hill holder feature can be retrofitted to the earlier car/transmission. She knows to use the e-brake method now but feels she shouldn't need to do so with an "automatic".

Any info would be appreciated.

 

[Roshermoore]

All I can add is that my 09 has the hill holder function and there is no reference to it in the manuals.

 

[40X40]

My wife has an '08 EOS DSG and I just picked up a '10 JSW DSG. Her car has pretty severe rollback when stopping on hills. The newer car doesn't seem to have this problem and I can't find any reference to a new transmission or hill holder feature.

I wanted to see if anyone has more info - I'd sure like to know if the hill holder feature can be retrofitted to the earlier car/transmission. She knows to use the e-brake method now but feels she shouldn't need to do so with an "automatic".

Any info would be appreciated.

The Eos may have a sticky brake switch which is keeping the DSG in neutral just a little bit too long, thereby letting the car roll back....

Bill

 

[jacobav]

Hill Holder in 2010 Jetta Manual

I just got my black 2010 tdi DSG sportwagen on friday, I absolutely love it.
Here's the page from my manual that explains the hill holder, mine has it and i bet yours does too!

hope this helps

 

[saizzz]

Jacobav, thanks for that info. It is documented in the 2010 wagon but the 08 EOS has no mention of this feature. Guess I'm gonna need to resume ebrake launch training!

 

[GetMore]

I have to say that while it is a nice feature to have I'm not completely thrilled with it. It "slowly releases" the brakes over a 2 second period, which means that you cannot move for at least a second, and that the clutch and brakes are fighting for the last second.