I've seen the HHA subject come up in my searches but haven't found an answer, threads always get mixed up with DSG and/or electronic handbrake users.

 

To put it plainly, I don't like or need HHA and want it gone. I know how to do handbrake hill starts, but was 'raised' on the normal brakes method and am competent enough to rely on it exclusively. The problem I'm having is that HHA isn't disengaging as fast as my feet move, so the car just sits there for a few seconds before moving off with a groan once HHA catches up.

 

From my testing HHA can be made to let go immediately with a certain degree of throttle, so it's mostly a non-issue on steeper hills. The problem is with minor gradients and/or low speed maneuvers, where very little or even no throttle is required. Unfortunately for me, my driveway, work carpark and the local shops carpark all share this feature. Multiple times a day I'm stuck either waiting...waiting...waiting....*groan* and away, or revving the engine like a learner in their first manual.

 

So, does anyone know if the HHA be disabled (via VCDS or otherwise) in a manual with the conventional handbrake? Failing that, can it at least be adjusted to be less intrusive? Eg- letting go as soon as the clutch is raised, or being set to an unrealistic angle threshold so that it never intervenes? Thanks in advance  

Yes, its possible.

 

https://forums.ross-tech.com/index.php?threads/11468/

 

 

Wonderful! Now to get a hold of a VCDS somewhere

Look on the vcds forum there is a map of users on a sticky then private message them. 

 

Might be few and far between on their given that you're in Australia! 

 

Or buy it from a distributor in your country. 

Edited 8 December, 20205 yr by paulski

Yep nobody near me it seems. That's alright though, I had already planned to get VCDS for myself at some point in the future. I'll just suffer the HHA until that day comes.

I've got this on my manual 1.4tsi. I use the handbrake in the traditional way and hill hold is not called upon. I have tested its function and the release point/timing doesn't suit me. I ignore it.

29 minutes ago, gregoir said:

I've got this on my manual 1.4tsi. I use the handbrake in the traditional way and hill hold is not called upon. I have tested its function and the release point/timing doesn't suit me. I ignore it.

I also have a 1.4TSI and find the HHA a PITA. Why? After stopping on a slope if you pull on the handbrake to what appears to be sufficient then a few seconds later HHA releases and the car can start rolling so I sometimes need to pull the handbrake further on - without HHA I would have got the handbrake sufficiently applied in one move not two.