I've searched high and low and can't seem to get a definitive answer but does the vRS DSG come with hill assist / hill hold control?

And if not, how do people go about setting off on a steep incline - treat it like a manual almost and use the handbrake?

No sure as my current car has it and dsg. I thought with it being an auto it would creep forward once the foot came off the brake.?

No Hill Hold.

I've searched high and low and can't seem to get a definitive answer but does the vRS DSG come with hill assist / hill hold control?

And if not, how do people go about setting off on a steep incline - treat it like a manual almost and use the handbrake?

Can't comment on the Octy vrs DSG but I have an S tronic S4, I didn't spec the hill hold but i have not had any issues on hills and I'm yet to pull up on a hill and have the car roll back. People who have it say its money well spent but for me I really can't see any benefit with it.

According to page 34 of the brochure that I've got, HHC (Hill Hold Control) comes as part of the ESP package. ESP is fitted to the vRS, however it's not mentioned as a specific within the brochure for the vRS. My DSG vRS does hold on gentle hills but not on steeper ones. HHC is only mentioned in one place in the brochure, and that's in the glossary at the end, oddly.

According to page 34 of the brochure that I've got, HHC (Hill Hold Control) comes as part of the ESP package. ESP is fitted to the vRS, however it's not mentioned as a specific within the brochure for the vRS. My DSG vRS does hold on gentle hills but not on steeper ones. HHC is only mentioned in one place in the brochure, and that's in the glossary at the end, oddly.

Same characteristics as mine but never tried it on a steep hill. HHC is also mentioned as standard equipment on the Scout and L&K, not any other.

Cheers guys

Its extra, try the configurator, it's listed as extra equipment.

I did have a look but I couldn't see it. It wouldn't have made any difference as I ordered a Blackline so couldn't add any extra spec, was just curious whether the DSG would have it or not.

That's what a hand brakes for

I've got Dsg and found no need for hill hold.

May be able to enable it via vagcom but personally wouldn't bother

Hillhold is brilliant.

We have it on our Scout but I miss it on our vRS.

Saying "that's what your handbrake is for" is like saying "that is what your arm is for" when electric windows were a cost option!

It's called progress!

Hillhold is brilliant.

We have it on our Scout but I miss it on our vRS.

Saying "that's what your handbrake is for" is like saying "that is what your arm is for" when electric windows were a cost option!

It's called progress!

I think I'd survive without it on an auto

Then no reason to recommend using the handbrake then :think:

I have no qualms with using the handbrake, it's all I've ever known. I just thought it would have been present given the DSG but it's not the end of the world by any means! Thanks chaps.

2 Very easy ways to find out if you have hill hold.

1. Stop facing uphill, hold on the footbrake (no handbrake), release the brake pedal and immediately press it again. If the pedal feels rock hard you have hill hold.

2 Stop facing uphill, apply the footbrake (no handbrake), realease the footbrake. If you immediately roll back you don't have it.

My car has it - it is brilliant!

defiantely have it on mine (my11), and the brochure (aus) clearly states "hill-hold".

"ESP - Electronic Stabilisation Program (incl. ABS, EBD, ASR, XDL and hill hold control)"

very obvious even on steep hills that the feature/function is there.

Edited 5 October, 201213 yr by JR RS

Its definately not standard on the vRS in the UK. I have tried it on other VAG cars and its really good. I survive without out it but i would prefer to have it. If the missus drove my car more i would have specced it as an option, if possible, as she has a pet hate about hill starts. TBH there arent any steep hills around me that are so steep that a quick foot shuffle from brake to throttle didnt suffice or even hold foot brake with left foot if you want but you generally dont need to.

OMG....So many answers and Goldfinger answered the question in Post #3

Just in case others dont read that:

THERE IS NO 'HILL HOLD' ON THE OCTAVIA vRS DSG

OMG....So many answers and Goldfinger answered the question in Post #3

Just in case others dont read that:

THERE IS NO 'HILL HOLD' ON THE OCTAVIA vRS DSG

that's because that statement is not true!

OMG....So many answers and Goldfinger answered the question in Post #3

Just in case others dont read that:

THERE IS NO 'HILL HOLD' ON THE OCTAVIA vRS DSG

Relax. I take it you dont work in incident response seeing as you seem to get afwy excited about the simplest thngs. "OMG" < are you serious? Capital letters and head banging smileys?? Get a grip.

OMG....So many answers and Goldfinger answered the question in Post #3

Just in case others dont read that:

THERE IS NO 'HILL HOLD' ON THE OCTAVIA vRS DSG

Read the 2nd part of the OP. Its still being discussed now trott off and deploy your self appointed wanabe moderator attitude elsewhere.

that's because that statement is not true!

Ive been driving my car since March 2010

There is no Hill Hold on my car

BUT

There is on my Wife's Fabia

Ive been driving my car since March 2010

There is no Hill Hold on my car

BUT

There is on my Wife's Fabia

2008, 2010, 2012........doesn't matter, we're simply saying the vRS CAN have hill hold.

no one, nor i, ever implied it came as "standard" on the vrs.

According to page 34 of the brochure that I've got, HHC (Hill Hold Control) comes as part of the ESP package. ESP is fitted to the vRS, however it's not mentioned as a specific within the brochure for the vRS. My DSG vRS does hold on gentle hills but not on steeper ones. HHC is only mentioned in one place in the brochure, and that's in the glossary at the end, oddly.

Doesn't have hill hold. It will roll back on a steep hill as it is a clutched auto or a clutchless manual depending how you look at it. When the brake is released the clutch needs to engage, it is this split second delay that allows the car to roll back.

You need to apply the handbrake on a steep hill, exactly the same as you have always needed to in a manual without hill hold!

Read the 2nd part of the OP. Its still being discussed now trott off and deploy your self appointed wanabe moderator attitude elsewhere.

Try and have some respect for each others opinions, please.