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04-07-2013, 08:13 PM | #26 |
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04-15-2013, 10:26 AM | #27 |
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The manual for my 2013 wrx says it can only be disabled for the STI. Is there some way to disable it for the wrx?
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04-15-2013, 10:48 AM | #28 | ||
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04-16-2013, 09:08 PM | #29 |
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To disable the Hill Assist on 2012+ base impreza
- Start the car - Push and hold the VDC button for 30 secondes (the VDC light will disapear) - Release the button when the light disapear then push it again (Hill assist light will turn on) - Stop the car - Start the car Hill assist will definetly be OFF. |
04-17-2013, 09:54 AM | #30 |
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Actually I tried that and it doesn't work on my 2013 wrx. Its odd too because I see there is a light on the dash to notify you when hill assist is disabled but I can't get it to disable by doing that procedure. After the VDC light finally turns off nothing happens when I push the button the second time.
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02-27-2014, 06:56 AM | #31 | |
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03-03-2014, 01:03 AM | #32 |
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I absolutely love this feature! Wouldn't buy another car, especially a MT, without it. I don't find it intrusive at all and personally don't see why anyone would want to disable it.
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03-03-2014, 02:54 AM | #33 |
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A lot of people learned to drive without this feature, and on this car it's rather intrusive. It can actually bog down an otherwise good start because it holds for too long and is too aggressive. I'd like to tone mine down, but don't really want to disable it completely.
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03-03-2014, 07:09 AM | #34 |
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I know how to start on a hill without this feature, and my old 1999 Civic that I'm teaching my kids to drive on doesn't have it, so they're learning proper technique too. But I like it, and don't find that it bogs down a good start.
I took my son out driving in the Impreza for the first time yesterday. He doesn't know about the hill hold feature, and I'm not telling him because I want him to continue using the same clutch technique I taught him in the Civic. He didn't notice anything unusual. |
03-03-2014, 10:43 AM | #35 | |
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When I was in San Francisco I parked on a STEEP hill close enough to someones driveway that I thought no other car could fit in between. Sure enough, some Mini Cooper squeezed in there and I had an inch of space for a three point turn. The hill assist threw me off and I ended up rolling into the persons license plate holder. I now have a small scratch on my rear bumper. Theres something about the hill assist that isnt helpful... however, I can imagine Ill NEVER stop on such a steep hill again. |
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03-03-2014, 10:55 AM | #36 |
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^^No, I didn't disable it. He just used the same hill start process he uses in the Civic, and everything was fine.
I wonder if the bogging down affect you've noticed happens more when the car is new. I used to notice that, but haven't in a long time (my car has 25k miles on it). So either I'm getting used to the hill hold feature, or I'm getting used to the clutch, or the hill hold feature becomes less aggressive with time/mileage. I don't know. But it doesn't bog me down during a hill start anymore. |
03-03-2014, 12:39 PM | #37 | |
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03-03-2014, 12:54 PM | #38 |
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Sometimes I want roll-back to get out of an intersection or into a parking space. This feature has pinned my car in awkward positions before so I've turned it off.
The problem I see is a new generation of drivers depending on the feature and not knowing how to control the majority of manual cars that don't have it. Last edited by Commander Keen; 03-03-2014 at 01:13 PM. |
03-03-2014, 01:20 PM | #39 |
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Agreed, and is a big reason why I'm teaching my kids to drive on my old Civic. I don't want them to "expect" a manual-tranny car to have hill hold.
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03-03-2014, 02:43 PM | #40 | ||
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If you were to roll to a stop on a hill and just use clutch/gas to stay put, the hill assist would never engage. Quote:
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03-03-2014, 02:50 PM | #41 | |
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The harder you press the brake, the more aggressively the hill holding function "holds". If that's true, then by simply not "mashing" the brake pedal, you should get a less aggressive hold, which should make it release more smoothly. |
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03-03-2014, 03:04 PM | #42 | |
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03-03-2014, 03:18 PM | #44 | |
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03-03-2014, 06:32 PM | #45 |
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03-06-2014, 07:41 PM | #46 |
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I don't hate it, but I don;t like it much either. I have had many manual cars before my WRX so I don;t really need it. But as I got used to it being there I have learned to deal with it. For the first few days until I realized it was there, thought something was WAY wrong with my car as I didn;t seem to want to pull out (as I was fighting brakes and the incline... lol) What I do on hills that I really don;t want it interfering with me on, I'll click the handbrake up one notch to get the brake light on the dash to illuminate as this disables the HSA
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03-07-2014, 06:29 PM | #47 |
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First world problems...
I don't find it obtrusive, but I also don't regularly 'launch' my car, on hills or otherwise. |
03-07-2014, 07:02 PM | #48 |
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"Launch"? I don't think anybody in this thread is claiming they launch their cars.
NOTE: When you say "launch", I assume you're referring to winding the RPMs way up and then dropping the clutch. |
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It's probably in the manual, but when does the HSA get activated? I only ask because I had gotten so used to it that I almost smashed into a car behind me in a parking structure. I was waiting in a queue on a rather steep ramp and when I was ready to go and expecting the HSA to kick in, it didn't and I ended up rolling a good 2 feet backwards when I let go of the brakes. Luckily the car behind had just started to roll up or else I probably would have backed into it.
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03-08-2014, 06:28 AM | #50 |
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^^ If you're on a hill (facing either uphill or downhill, I believe), and both the clutch and brake pedals are pressed, it should activate. Some have said that you have to be in 1st gear too, but I'm not certain that's true. For example, if you're facing downhill and want to reverse up the hill, I believe the hill hold works then too, and that's not a first-gear scenario.
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