Yes on mine Autohold had to be selected each time the car is started. My take off list comprises switching off the squawking front sensors, switch off lane control, press Confirm on maps screen, press Autohold then I am clear for take off.
On the Jeep taking your foot off the brake activates the engine. As I use the handbrake constantly, it seems pointless having the S/S function. If the S/S worked when handbrake is applied I may change my opinion on whether it is a useful function or not.
I think it's more than that, each manufacturer is different and even models from a single manufacturer will be different. In my V60 D6 PHEV, the "start up" stage was almost undetectable. The engine went from "not running" to "running" almost instantly (perhaps because of the nature of the integrated starter generator). This is where hybrids have an extra trick up their sleeve for start/stop. Being a PHEV, the status of the engine running or not was more or less unrelated to being stationary, or starting to move off, as the electric side of the drive dealt with all of that way more efficiently and quickly than the engine and gearbox could ever hope do. Occasionaly, if the weather was hot and the car was not in "pure" mode, it would start the engine to run the air conditioning compressor.
How does it help turning over the mower? Very hard to do with a car? 🤔
When my Touareg wasn't being used for about 10 months due to health issues, the automatic transmission would lose it's internal pressure after about 3 months unused - letting it idle for a few minutes soon cleared the warning messages - the battery went flat after about 6 months causing the central locking not to open, so reliant on the plastic emergency key.
Quite obvious really.
Vitara has instrument display option shows current torque and power, or Gs when cornering. The only time driver would look at them is if driving hard, when they can less afford to take eyes off road for second. Have to wonder how these stupid bells & whistles got pass the design committee. More useful feature would be oil and transmission temperature for when towing.
The D6 would occasionally start and insist on running the engine for a journey to ensure the DPF regen was taken care of. I assume it did the same for circulation reasons. Of course the "standing still" issues dont apply - the car is in use, just not the ICE bit.
I turnover in my sleep. It helps my circulation and gets me going in the morning.
Different cars have different systems. On my car, the auto hold does not affect the S/S. Therefore, I need to hold the footbrake or the S/S does not operate.
So what does Autohold do on the MG because surely keeping your foot on the brake pedal negates the need for autohold. I’m assuming footbrake is the normal brake pedal not a foot actuated parking brake.
Normal brake and electric handbrake.
Thanks for the explanation. Mine works very smoothly and quickly when driving. But I have it disengaged for very slow manoeuvres such as putting the car on the drive front close to the garage door, or when parking between other vehicles or exiting from between other vehicles. Being a double clutch auto the clutches bite more than on our manual car where I can just slip the clutch in those situations. As such if autohold is engaged movements can be a bit jerky. So by disengaging it the actions are smoother but not as good as a torque converter auto, cvt or even manual. Like most things you get to adapt to these idiosyncratic features.
Close manouevring is easier with a proper automatic as the Touareg has - I leave the AutoHold engaged and don't try to get mm perfect - the caravan is always hitched/unhitched with the motor mover.
If you have towing option then turning that on should disable it. Will most likely disable few other features you want kept on, that is why I never enable towing mode. Still like to use cruise control even though not recommended if towing.
No towing option on the Jeep.
In UK/Europe, towing mode is almost always automatic on modern cars, based on plugging the trailer electric plug into the car socket - unlike Australia and North America where things like the trailer brakes can be manually controlled.
Who does not recommend to use cruise control when towing?
