Auto hold

[G-896652]

How do I keep auto hold on without pressing the button every time I start the car?

 

[Chrisg]

How do I keep auto hold on without pressing the button every time I start the car?

My dealership said no can do on my 018 5.0

 

[joegr]

How do I keep auto hold on without pressing the button every time I start the car?

Never stop (turn off) the car?

 

[EdP]

Never stop (turn off) the car?

I did that until the last gas price increase. Now I only drive downhill too.

 

[edbro]

Get in the habit of every time you pull the shift lever back into Drive, you press the button with your right thumb. After a while, muscle memory takes over and you find yourself doing it every time. I chiefly started doing it because Auto Hold also is the only way to get the parking brake to engage automatically when you park.

 

[edbro]

I did that until the last gas price increase. Now I only drive downhill too.

My little sister lives in Parrish. No hills!

 

[Sloopy98]

Lots of traffic lights here on Long Island so waiting at a red light makes the auto hold option such a luxury.

If I can open a new question about this topic;

How does auto hold work? Speculating: Brakes partially applied? Transmission gimmick?

I only ask because I want to know what parts are being used for future needs.

 

[EdP]

My little sister lives in Parrish. No hills!

My driveway elevation is about 2 feet higher than the street. Even worse is going up the on ramp to I-75.

 

[EdP]

Lots of traffic lights here on Long Island so waiting at a red light makes the auto hold option such a luxury.

If I can open a new question about this topic;

How does auto hold work? Speculating: Brakes partially applied? Transmission gimmick?

I only ask because I want to know what parts are being used for future needs.

There is a good explanation in another thread. It uses the ABS module to hold the brake pads in place until you touch the gas pedal. If you hold more than 10 minutes it will put the parking brake on. If you shit down and put it in Park, it will also put the parking brake on.

Auto Hold is one of the niftiest features on the car. I use it all the time.

 

[joegr]

Lots of traffic lights here on Long Island so waiting at a red light makes the auto hold option such a luxury.

If I can open a new question about this topic;

How does auto hold work? Speculating: Brakes partially applied? Transmission gimmick?

I only ask because I want to know what parts are being used for future needs.

The ABS module holds hydraulic pressure on the brakes. If you press very softly, then "partially" might be correct. If you press firmly, then "fully" would be the correct word.

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[Ninja400]

And to build on what joegr said, it doesn't cause any extra wear on anything. The ABS module isn't something that's going to wear out over time. The brake pads are just holding the wheels still, so they don't get any real extra wear. Auto hold is basically free in terms of operating/maintenance costs.

 

[NashvilleEquus]

Great feature but it would be nice if it were like the setup in my Mercedes SL450 where there is no on/off switch and it's "there" all the time.

 

[AVMIII]

yes, I wish it would hold all the time too! My 2011 Hyundia genesis works the same way. However my wife's Lincoln MKZ remembers autohold, which I get in trouble for leaving on whenever I use her car. Oh yeah, her car does autostart from the fob too. Wish ours did!

 

[SuperKing]

And to build on what joegr said, it doesn't cause any extra wear on anything. The ABS module isn't something that's going to wear out over time. The brake pads are just holding the wheels still, so they don't get any real extra wear. Auto hold is basically free in terms of operating/maintenance costs.

Are you sure there's no extra wear? I found that if Autohold is holding for too long, it flips over to the parking brake and releases the hydraulic brakes. It must do that for a reason.

 

[Ninja400]

I'm pretty sure that's part of the system's safety controls / engagement criteria / whatever you want to call it. Toyota, Honda, Nissan, and Hyundai/Kia/Genesis all have pretty similar auto hold implementation designs. Auto hold will automatically turn off and the parking brake will engage if:

- You turn off the engine
- **You take off your seatbelt**
- You sit still (auto held) for 10 minutes

It's just using the ABS unit to hold pressure on the brake fluid, that's not really something which is going to wear out over the life of the car. And there are plenty of old / high mileage cars on the road with auto hold.

 

[MaxPower]

Great feature but it would be nice if it were like the setup in my Mercedes SL450 where there is no on/off switch and it's "there" all the time.

The Auto Hold stays on all the time in my 3.5 Prestige GV70.

 

[joegr]

Are you sure there's no extra wear? I found that if Autohold is holding for too long, it flips over to the parking brake and releases the hydraulic brakes. It must do that for a reason.

The amount of "wear" is exactly the same as it would be if you held your foot on the brake all that time instead.