Manual Transmission Hill Hold Assist - changes clutch bite point?

[dirtgnome]

I turned on the hill hold assist feature for the first time and noticed the clutch bite point feels different with it off. Usually, the bite point seems to be around 30-40% when I slowly let off the clutch, but with hill hold assist, it now feels around 60-70%. This is my first manual so it might be I just suck at this, but anyone else having this issue or is this normal?

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[Zig]

Are you saying while the indicator is indicating?​

 

[dollybud]

I didn’t know it had hill assist-on my GT

 

[marcekb]

I turned on the hill hold assist feature for the first time and noticed the clutch bite point feels different with it off. Usually, the bite point seems to be around 30-40% when I slowly let off the clutch, but with hill hold assist, it now feels around 60-70%. This is my first manual so it might be I just suck at this, but anyone else having this issue or is this normal?

I have it. It's not the bite point, but when the car decides to let go of the brakes. You have to give it more torque than without hill assist enabled.

 

[LoWeLL216]

I have it. It's not the bite point, but when the car decides to let go of the brakes. You have to give it more torque than without hill assist enabled.

Exactly this. You just need to give it a little more gas to "drive through" the hill assist. It works surprisingly well - reminds me of my Harley hill assist.

 

[Skye]

It's not the bite point, but when the car decides to let go of the brakes.

You just need to give it a little more gas to "drive through" the hill assist.

^ These.

Early on driving my car, something seemed odd. I wasn't aware of the feature, but could tell the brakes were holding certain times (pointed "up" on a hill or slope). Scrolling through the menus, I found it. And turned it off.

Hill Assist is enabled by default.

I prefer to drive without the feature. It felt "weird" using it. YMMV.

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