I bought my first Subaru last January. Now that the weather is warmer I notice the hill holder seems to engage more often or with a tighter grip. Is this due to the warm weather or does my car need an adjustment?
Thank You in advance for any responses.
What kind of Subaru did you get and what is the year of it?
I have a 2006 outback sport...and unless I'm stupid, my hillstopper doesn't work.
I have a 2006 Forester 2.5X MT
Mine grips harder depending on how hard I press the brake. Mine only engages if I am on a slope steep enough that I could roll backwards, which is most anywhere that is not flat or downhill.
Blair
Check the free play adjustment on your clutch cable, then readjust the hh cable if necessary. Steep *deserted* hill and a tame driver who you trust while you wield the spanners is my preferred quick way of doing it. Cheers
Hi,
Assuming the "new" system works the same as the "old" one, you should be able to adjust it easily enough.
As for operation in day to day life, mine works only with the nose up a few degrees, enough the car would roll back as another poster described. The clutch must be depressed ALL the way, and the brake depressed fully AFTER the clutch pedal is "in." Then the brake foot can go to the throttle pedal, and the instant the clutch is released a few mm, the hillholder lets go. When properly adjusted it works in a fairly "invisible" mode.
It might take a bit of fiddling to get it just where you like it, but it's only time consuming, not hard work!
Good luck,
Rick
Rick Courtright wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@iname.com:
Are you sure your model has hill holder? I have an 2003 Impreza wagon and it definitely doesn't. I believe the 2003+ Forester has it but I'm not sure what other vehicles are equipped with it.
Thank you! I thought I was the only one without it!!! Everybody keeps talking about it and it sounds like it's on all the subaru lines...but I have an outback sport (which is very close to the impreza wagon), and I swear I don't have one. Maybe I'm not depressing the clutch all the way, considering that it sounds like it only needs a few mm to kick in/release it. Maybe I'll play around more with it to see what happens today.
" snipped-for-privacy@gmail.com" wrote in news:1144419026.748891.45290 @z34g2000cwc.googlegroups.com:
I'm not sure what country you are in but I believe in North America the only Subaru with hill holder is the Forester (2003+)
That might explain why my hill holder doesn't work. lol.
Thanks!
No, my husband's 1999 Legacy has it. He didn't know it, though, for the first few months, until he complained to the dealer about something rattling, and the service guy told him his hill holder cable had come loose.
-yngver
i think it depends on which engine and clutch you have. my '99 legacy gt with the 2.5 has a hydraulic clutch and no hill holder. my friends '99 legacy with the 2.2 has the cable actuated clutch with a hill holder.
Yes, I should have mentioned it's the 1999 Legacy Wagon 30th Anniversary edition. My 2006 Forester has the hill holder feature, but I'm not sure I'm using it. If you have to set it, I don't.
-Yngver
I had this feature on an '89 Subaru GL but never used it. I just don't trust the things not to fail after stopping on a steep hill. Far better to learn how to use the regular brakes and clutch properly, then you can also safely drive other makes without this feature :-)
I'm not sure that the hill holder senses the grade, but it should not interfere with backing up. When I test drove a
2006 Forester I had trouble backing it into the parking space after the test drive and spoke with the service manager. He said that the hill holder could be adjusted to solve that problem.-- Vic Roberts Replace xxx with vdr in e-mail address.
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