Hill start assist failure

[RACERED]

My hillstart on my 2013 ST assist failed on a steep driveway the other day twice. On the second attempt it rolled into the back of my father in laws rav 4 spare tyre and towbar. Damage to my grill, bumper and bonnet. no warning light was active and ford have said they no nothing about an issue.

[tasdex]

thought that only worked driving up hill ,,,
" ie nose facing up hill " ..

[Dash_XR]

Technology, doesn't it make life easy..

[danzvtil]

You don't have a leg to stand on. A what point were you in control of your vehicle?

[Franco Cozzo]

Hill start assist, called the 3rd pedal and some accelerator bro, unfortunately this wont hold up at Ford.

[RACERED]

Frustrating... but lesson learned. Wont be parking on a steep driveway and using hillstart assist again. Pay to fix and move on from this

[Dash_XR]

If its a steep hill and you're not use to the car just use the handbrake to find the friction point and get your revs up then just before its about to stall let the hand brake go and give it some more revs, shouldn't roll back at all.

After a while you won't even need the hand brake.

[kevino]

Maybe its a dual clutch auto. I find the VW transporter vans I drive at work do not like the handbrake being used. Its better just dropping straight off brake pedal to accelerator with right foot. If you use the handbrake and apply accelerator as you release the handbrake you get roll back.

[danzvtil]

Race, ive been thinking about this throughout the day, can you explain how it happened, and how you think it "failed".
The Hillstart on my kia doesn't work everytime, definitely not in reverse and only holds for a maximum of 2 seconds after releasing the brake pedal.

[steve.zissou]

i cant wait for the threads like "my automatic parking car crashed into:
*dog
*thin metal post
*pipe sticking out of ute
*wife

[PG2]

Originally Posted by tasdex

thought that only worked driving up hill ,,,
" ie nose facing up hill " ..

Correct.

[Licky]

Mine works in reverse? lol (ie. parked nose down hill, and when reversing back it operates)

[RACERED]

On another matter.... any recommendations for 2nd set of tyres on a focus st... im on 30000km and am up for newys. Dont want the f1s again, wanna try something else out.

[Franco Cozzo]

Continental ContiSportContact 2

I have them on my Focus, modified diesel, puts torque to the ground rather well.

[anolade]

Originally Posted by RACERED

My hillstart on my 2013 ST assist failed on a steep driveway the other day twice. On the second attempt it rolled into the back of my father in laws rav 4 spare tyre and towbar. Damage to my grill, bumper and bonnet. no warning light was active and ford have said they no nothing about an issue.

have no pity for you, as nasty cynical as it is; proven that we have become relieant on technology to get us around in life.
time we stop relying on technology and started using common sense

[black13]

Originally Posted by anolade

have no pity for you, as nasty cynical as it is; proven that we have become relieant on technology to get us around in life.
time we stop relying on technology and started using common sense

Never had a problem with mine, its always on & find it works well, I also drive other vehicles & bikes that don't have the technology that the focus has, so, at these times I use normal driving skills. He just asked if it's a problem that anyone else has had.

[RACERED]

Well I'll still use it.. works fine other than that 1 time. Technology is just great to have.

[Lewy950]

It worked in both directions on my Trend. But it only holds the car for a few seconds.

My car was a powershift auto so it didn't get used often.

[tce]

Is it set to auto or manual? I find mine won't always turn on (but it will always show on the dash if on) in auto so I have set to manual and just press the brake pedal down when stopped.

[tasdex]

Originally Posted by PG2

Correct.

well thats the way our outback worked .