Hill Start Assist can be turned only when needed at a stop on a steep incline (provided of course the stop light gives enough time to go into settings to turn it on)? Will the feature work immediately when conditions for it are met like foot was on the brake pedal?
Yes. Before I regeared to 5.13's (3.73s and 37's) I got in a situation where the parking brake wouldn't hold it nose up on a really step hill. Went through the menu, turned hill start assist on right then and it let me and held with no issues..
I don't know as I never really liked it and only left it on for the first month of owning my Jeep. My prior manual car (not Jeep), i had left it on for a year and when i decided to try without out realize the computer controlled auto braking was not for me. The way I experienced it was when on a hill, I would start lifting the clutch pedal, depressing the clutch, and the Jeep would not move so inevitably I would give more gas, release clutch pedal further and engine would rev and Jeep would lurch forward.
Yep, there is also some uncertainty on what angle Hill Start activates. Many times I thought the angle was steep enough but the Hill Start did not turn on even when conditions were met. If someone have decent experience in driving manuals, they would make a better judgement on when a hand brake can be used and when it is not necessary.
I ran through the process this morning. I don't know yet if it made any change but my take offs were smooth. But I will see how it behaves in the next two days in more challenging situations and keep you posted to eliminate any placebo effect.Try it with the seatbelt on (all indicators go off except the engine not-running light). Once or twice should be enough. Start it immediately after.
It's been two years since my 21 arrived so I don't remember exactly, but I know the first time didn't seem to work but a subsequent time was night and day. Also when they did a software flash for a recall, feathering went back to impossible after warmup so I shut it down, did the thing, and had it back to 1700 rpm feathering, which was good enough for a comfortable drive home.
Question for @X1inSC.
Driving happiness is the ultimate goal, but this is why I like the idle and feather test. Clearly if it's -45C outside everything will be wonk, but usually mine drops to regular idle after 30sec and then it's easy to feather test.I ran through the process this morning. I don't know yet if it made any change but my take offs were smooth. But I will see how it behaves in the next two days in more challenging situations and keep you posted to eliminate any placebo effect.
After a few days, I will disable Hill Start too but I don't want to change more than one variable at a time to obtain a more scientific conclusion.
Pedal commander would not affect the ECU calibration. It just signals the ECU much faster than stock by altering the frequency I guess, and hence reducing or eliminating the lag depending on the setting.
I have a friend with a 2.0T/auto and father who has a 3.6/auto.
Yeah it's probably not super wise. The 8-speed is a better auto than the 6-speed is a manual. Trade in and used market isn't what it was a year ago. I have 26,500 on my '22 currently (had exactly a year).
