2005 Accord: Holding on a hill...

Maybe a silly question, but what's wrong with just keeping your foot on the brake as is proper?

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The owner's manual is the first place I'd look. All Honda manuals I've ever read said "Don't expect the Honda tranny to hold the car on an incline", or words to that effect.

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old hondas did, new hondas don't. it's all about fuel economy. use your right foot to solve the situation. appropriate pressure on either pedal will work.

Well that is not the problem, it is when it is time for take off that the 'kickback' happens. The Civic just took off and went forward, not rolling back first.

Thanks. I will look. That is odd that it does not hold without the break. I expected more out of it.

"Seth" wrote in news:vd7Pf.16680$ snipped-for-privacy@news01.roc.ny:

Thats what a HANDbrake is for;for hill-holding.

Maybe I should have written holding on a hill during traffic....

It's perfectly acceptable to use the handbrake or service brakes for holding a vehicle stationary on a hill, whether or not there is other traffic.

Perhaps the true problem you are experiencing, is your lack of driving ability or skill.

"Guest" wrote in news:zLhPf.19190$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr30.news.prodigy.com:

A handbrake works great for that,too. Left hand on the wheel,right hand on the handbrake.

No, the problem I am having are people giving smart ass answers.

The vehicle is driving, not stationary.

Or both.

Interesting problem. Maybe need an inclinometer and new computer settings!

Haven't experienced the problem myself in my current Accord, but I've handled it with sticks before, so I figure it must work somehow even with autos.

J.

"Guest" wrote

No, when you're stopped on a hill the vehicle is stationary. Your upset is that your new car doesn't behave the way the old one did. No one here has given you true smartass answers (and believe me, they are *very* capable!); they're really telling you what "is." With your new car, you have to deal with that.

"Guest" wrote in news:eMqPf.3533$ snipped-for-privacy@newssvr31.news.prodigy.com:

you distinctly said "holding" on a hill,which IS "stationary". Or were you saying that your tranny slips while -going up- a hill?

If you want to "hold" while stopped for traffic,a red light,whatever,the HANDBRAKE is the customary method of "hillholding",that is the reason it's a HANDbrake and not just a parking brake.

It's not a "smart-ass answer",either,it's a FACT.

LOL! That's the sign of immaturity, when one can not (or will not) accept responsibility for one's own actions.

Then why the concern because its moving?

It's not a problem on most hills, but when they get rather steep, that's when I feel it. I guess the next time I buy a car, I need to take it on MY test drive route and not theirs.

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