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According to the manual, all you do is use the brake pedal while going down a hill and I guess when you release the brake pedal, that speed gets set and the car uses the transmission to help control the speed within certain limitations. What button are you referring to?
According to the manual, all you do is use the brake pedal while going down a hill and I guess when you release the brake pedal, that speed gets set and the car uses the transmission to help control the speed within certain limitations. What button are you referring to?
this is the part I was referring to. Can anyone explain this section to me in layman's words?
Last edited by rentonrenton; 11-20-2018 at 08:05 AM.
If you have a STEEP hill that you want to descend slowly (less than 19mph or 30kmh), usually off road with gravel or in icy conditions, turn that switch on.
Hill descent will help you maintain the speed you were driving when you started the hill until you get to the bottom or use the accelerator.
Its purpose is a slow, controlled descent in dodgy conditions, therefore avoiding locking up your brakes.
As I understand it (not having used it), you get going at a speed < 19 mph, press the button, and the car should maintain that speed if you are on a hill >= 6%. You can then use the gas and brake to adjust the speed down or up to 19mph. If > 37mph, the system will deactivate the feature and turn off the LED button.
I did some reading on this with winter coming - debating if this is something to use on icy hills. Didn't find a good answer to this. Most advise being you should be in neutral going down a hill and using the brakes. Having brakes plus AWD engine brake appears to be OK on ice and hopefully not too much of a hijack to ask for anyone with experience on ice to chime in if you've used Hill Descent.
As I understand it (not having used it), you get going at a speed < 19 mph, press the button, and the car should maintain that speed if you are on a hill >= 6%. You can then use the gas and brake to adjust the speed down or up to 19mph. If > 37mph, the system will deactivate the feature and turn off the LED button.
I did some reading on this with winter coming - debating if this is something to use on icy hills. Didn't find a good answer to this. Most advise being you should be in neutral going down a hill and using the brakes. Having brakes plus AWD engine brake appears to be OK on ice and hopefully not too much of a hijack to ask for anyone with experience on ice to chime in if you've used Hill Descent.
Not this. Do not use neutral and brakes going down hills. Good way to destroy your brakes if you do it on a large hill, (I mean mountain like out west) and then risk brake failure and an ugly crash. The whole idea of hill descent is to use engine braking and save your disc brakes from overheating. Also I read somewhere in my 2002 allroad manual that going any distance in neutral is bad for the quattro drive system.
You are saying that you do not have this highlighted button? Hill Hold has to do with going UP a hill.
Yes we have the button...but if you check the U.S. manual it shows Hill hold assist which is a totally different thing...holds the car in place (going up or down) for that brief instant while your foot is moving from brake to gas. This only applies to when you're already stopped on a hill, and you want to start to move.
11-20-2018, 05:08 AM
