UP-hill assist error

[AndrewW]

Yep! You read it right. After total mirror failure for the third time - ten days no mirror movement on command - my sixth and last error message was “Uphill assist not available”.
Didn’t know I had it or how or why to invoke it! Does it mean the INEOS Gremlins have left the building and are no longer available when the BMW bhp proves insufficient?

 

[AndrewW]

That was after:-
1. “Gearbox error”
2. “STOP! - transmission failure” (in RED in the middle of the moors)
3. “Tyre pressure sensors lost” (they went out one by one like the “lights over Western Europe” and then came back.
4. Functioning mirrors stopped again
5. “ESC not available”
6. “TSA not available” whatever THAT is…
7. “Reduced braking performance” - BS that was; I tried…
8. “Downhill assist not available” at 40mph on the flat main road.
9. And finally the “Uphill assist not available”

Needs a frontal lobotomy at (the thankfully booked appointment tomorrow at) Skipton.

Fingers crossed

 

[Michael H.]

For those who don't know, Uphill Assist is what is sometimes referred to as the Hill Hold function …

 

[AndrewW]

For those who don't know, Uphill Assist is what is sometimes referred to as the Hill Hold function …

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Thank you! I knew that function was there - as was on my D4 and invoked daily where I live - but didn’t know that that was what they called it.

(I know I should have read the manual cover to cover but the health and safety warnings send me to sleep. It’s hard to find the facts for the pages of dire warnings. I only really want to know what’s different or unusual - to someone who has driven Land Rovers for 50 years. That’s my excuse…)

 

[AwestinTX]

For those who don't know, Uphill Assist is what is sometimes referred to as the Hill Hold function …

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Is there Up-Hill assist? I've experienced no hold on up hill starts. Can it be engaged while daily driving?

 

[Lord Ripon USA]

Is there Up-Hill assist? I've experienced no hold on up hill starts. Can it be engaged while daily driving?

I have it on a couple cars. I think it is tied to the engine stoppage. I have a suspicion that if you use a macro to get around the stop start function, the auto braking for uphill assist stops working as well. but I don’t know, every time people are using a quick and dirty solution, it’s pretty common to have unintended consequences.
Certainly with auto start and stop, you do not want cars rolling backwards down every incline.

 

[ADVAW8S]

Is there Up-Hill assist? I've experienced no hold on up hill starts. Can it be engaged while daily driving?

Are there hills in Texas? Jk

 

[AwestinTX]

I have it on a couple cars. I think it is tied to the engine stoppage. I have a suspicion that if you use a macro to get around the stop start function, the auto braking for uphill assist stops working as well. but I don’t know, every time people are using a quick and dirty solution, it’s pretty common to have unintended consequences.
Certainly with auto start and stop, you do not want cars rolling backwards down every incline.

I usually do turn off the auto S/S but I don't think there's hill assist if it's active or not. I've noticed quite a bit of rollback on a few occasions if you're a tad lazy from brake to accelerator. I'll experiment and report back.

 

[Michael H.]

Is there Up-Hill assist? I've experienced no hold on up hill starts. Can it be engaged while daily driving?

It works for me. I’m not sure how long it holds. I’ll have to test that.

For anyone interested in how the system works …

View: https://youtu.be/aXEPnWgRnjk?si=whOuAV73f8hcOIUp

 

[DenisM]

Is there Up-Hill assist? I've experienced no hold on up hill starts. Can it be engaged while daily driving?

sure can.... I use my left foot on the brake... Have done for decades!

 

[Krabby]

There’s a hand break too.

 

[ADVAW8S]

There’s a hand break too.

Handbrake is only for drifting or powersliding in the snow.

Man I miss my 87 MR2.

 

[AwestinTX]

sure can.... I use my left foot on the brake... Have done for decades!

Probably makes driving a manual a bit tricky.

 

[Wayneos]

Hill hold

View: https://youtu.be/PBFrxI60aw0?t=1418

 

[DenisM]

Probably makes driving a manual a bit tricky.

"heel and toe" ....ahhh! the lost art of proper driving.

 

[Lord Ripon USA]

Subaru introduced the anti backup hillascent feature a couple decades ago.
Specifically to address heel toe clutch slipping when starting up a hill from a light.
A pretty clever feature.

 

[Eric]

Subaru introduced the anti backup hillascent feature a couple decades ago.
Specifically to address heel toe clutch slipping when starting up a hill from a light.
A pretty clever feature.

I thought it was a standard feature on all automatics, functionality of the gearbox electronics