Mar 19, 2011. #12. 2010 Golf TDI with DSG here, and It definately has hill hold. Don't feel it often, but stopped on a hill, the brake pedal gets hard, and it holds a couple of secs until DSG engages when you release the brake. If you don't apply throttle, it will hold a couple of secs, then start to roll back. The techniques most commonly used to implement hill-start control are: incline detection, backward motion detection, clutch detection, accelerator detection, brake detection and engine torque detection. Clutch detection: One of the most obvious applications of hill-start control is in cars with a manual transmission or stick shift. Joined Nov 10, 2014. 2,014 Posts. #7 · May 18, 2015. markwrich said: Guys, need help regarding Escape 2014 SE. After driving the car for 2 months wife had roadside problems. "Hill start assist not available" car would not move in any gear.after try to restart 8 times it started and transmission jerked HARD into gear with no throttle Top Answer. If You want to disable the hill start assiSTSystem in Your Ford Focus it is a pretty easy process to do. You will want to go to the menu on the dash and then go to settings. From there scroll down to driver assist, after that You can select if You want hill assist on or off. The hill start assiSTSystem will hold Your brake fortwo General F150 Discussion - Hill Descent Control Fault/Service AdvanceTrac/Hill Start Assist Not Available - I have a 2015 F150 King Ranch with the 3.5L EcoBoost. The local Ford dealership called and said the fix would be in replacing the Electronic Throttle Body and cleaning some other part of carbon buildup. The truck was not still under The hill start assist was disabled even after two checks by Ford mechanics. Sometimes the "unavailable HSA" message appeared when I brake down in a street. Very strange!!! I made the diagnosis and in my opinion it is a brake imbalance that leads to missing messages on the ABS sensors. You may contact Ford of Canada Customer Relationship Center at 1.800.565.3673 for assistance. Please keep me posted on the results. Noemi B Bcdog1123 Registered Joined May 2, 2012 2 Posts #4 · May 2, 2012 I have had this problem also. I have had the car 9 days now and it has happened 3 times. Dandao. If your car is on an incline that could cause it to roll, Hill Launch Assist automatically activates. When you take your foot off the brake to put it on the accelerator, the system holds the brake pressure for up to three seconds to give you time to press the accelerator. just press the switch again to turn the system off. How Does Hill Start Assist Work; Hill Start Assist Precautions; Switching Hill Start Assist On and Off - Manual Transmission, Vehicles With: 4.2 Inch Instrument Cluster Display Screen, Excluding: Mild Hybrid Electric Vehicle (MHEV) Switching Hill Start Assist On and Off - Manual Transmission, Vehicles With: 12.3 Inch Instrument Cluster Display Hill-holder is a name for a mechanism in motor vehicles invented by Wagner Electric and manufactured by Bendix Brake Company in South Bend, Indiana.It is a device that holds the brake until the clutch is at the friction point, making it easier to start up hill from stationary in manual transmission and automatic transmission automobiles. Hill-holder works by holding the brake in position while Hill start assist, Ford Sync which includes emergency assist. Remote Central Locking, Al