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Mersades · 11-10-2013, 10:06 PM

Hello Camaro comrades,

I miss driving manual and am planning on either trading for a used model or custom ordering a new one in late spring. I know there has been some unhappiness with the 2013's hill assist. Can any of the 2014 manual owner chime in on how their experience has been? I searched the forums/Google and haven't found any commentary thus far.

Appreciated!

S3XPanther · 11-10-2013, 10:13 PM

I don't believe that it's been tweaked for 2014, but I'll tell you it did suck on my 2013 the first day I took delivery. A couple of days later I got used to it. You just have to give it a little more gas when you're on hills in order to break free of the brakes.

Blownhotrodder · 11-10-2013, 10:18 PM

The hill assist is the #1 biggest gripe about my camaro. It sucks plain and simple. Id test drive one so you can see what its like. If you need the assist, you cannot drive a manual properly and you shouldnt drive one. I dont know what gm is thinking with the stupid assist feature. Id do anything to be able to turn it off.

S3XPanther · 11-10-2013, 10:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Blownhotrodder

The hill assist is the #1 biggest gripe about my camaro. It sucks plain and simple. Id test drive one so you can see what its like. If you need the assist, you cannot drive a manual properly and you shouldnt drive one. I dont know what gm is thinking with the stupid assist feature. Id do anything to be able to turn it off.

You can turn it off, but it requires a little DIY

PhelanZL1 · 11-10-2013, 10:23 PM

I found away around this, pull thee brake up one notch til your moving the release it, it turns off the hill assist.

el ess A · 11-10-2013, 10:23 PM

A few bucks and a little time, but easy peasy.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300649

S3XPanther · 11-10-2013, 10:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by el ess A

A few bucks and a little time, but easy peasy.

http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300649

Was gonna post that. Good deal.

Blownhotrodder · 11-10-2013, 10:39 PM

You shouldnt have to pay $80 to override this feature. It should be in the settings where you can choose to have it on or off. For those not aware, you can disable the feature with a new yaw sensor out of an auto.

Green Machine · 11-10-2013, 11:53 PM

I like it when I'm lazy and dislike it when I don't want it. My hill assist has only been activated about three times while driving my car, but I only have 750 miles on it and I usually pace traffic lights

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BTW, you can have the car move without applying throttle when hill assist is active. The brakes will grab slightly then let go, or they did for me the one time I tested it.

Jenner · 11-11-2013, 12:38 AM

Some ppl like it other people hate it. I don't think you'll know for sure until you test drive it. I don't think it's that bad. When not really necessary it doesn't really get in MY way

AdamEL · 11-11-2013, 01:29 AM

I'm glad I don't have it... But if I did, I'd sure pay to disable it. I've read a lot of complaints about it on here. Skip-shift was enough for me. I ditched that the first week I got my SS.

Dfault · 11-11-2013, 08:55 AM

I was thinking about this the other day because i would really like to have some of the features the 2014 has. Except the tail lights, but they are honestly somewhat growing on me.

From my driving style, I think the hill assist will be almost non existent because before I even take off, I give it gas to rev it to about 1500 or 2k rpms so i can just ease off the clutch and get a nice start... It's hard to explain, but if you saw how i drove you'd understand lol.

Or you could just pre-purhcase all of your mods before you take your 2014 and then soon as you buy the car drive your car to a shop have them install and tune your car and when you're getting it tuned to remove the hill assist and the skip shift and you'll be golden like pony boy.

White_SS/RS · 11-11-2013, 10:25 AM

Hit the reset button on the end of turn signal lever when it engages and displays on the DIC, it will turn off hill assist for that moment and you can go about your day.

Jenner · 11-11-2013, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by White_SS/RS

Hit the reset button on the end of turn signal lever when it engages and displays on the DIC, it will turn off hill assist for that moment and you can go about your day.

I tried that on my '13 and it only clears it from the DIC, doesn't actually do anything

11-10-2013, 10:13 PM	#2
S3XPanther by Odeon Drives: '12 SS/RS A6 IOM SOLD, '13 1LE IOM Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Good question Posts: 1,707	I don't believe that it's been tweaked for 2014, but I'll tell you it did suck on my 2013 the first day I took delivery. A couple of days later I got used to it. You just have to give it a little more gas when you're on hills in order to break free of the brakes. __________________ "It works 60% of the time, every time." "Some say it's a waste of time, others say it's an incredible waste of time." "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." 2013 IOM SS/RS - 1LE. Born 5/6/2013 (1 of 32 1SS IOM 1LE's)

11-10-2013, 10:23 PM	#6
el ess A Older Than Dirt Drives: 2010 & 2013 Camaros Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Aiken, SC Posts: 4,565	A few bucks and a little time, but easy peasy. http://www.camaro5.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300649 __________________ 2010 2SS TE, 1 of 822/2013 Camaro ZL1 vert, 1 of 54

11-11-2013, 10:25 AM	#13
White_SS/RS Drives: 14 1LE Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 1,567	Hit the reset button on the end of turn signal lever when it engages and displays on the DIC, it will turn off hill assist for that moment and you can go about your day. __________________ LMS Engineering

11-10-2013, 10:06 PM	#1
Mersades Web Geek Chick & NHRA fan Drives: 2010 2SS LS3 RJM Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Reno, NV Posts: 412 View My Garage	2014 hill assist Hello Camaro comrades, I miss driving manual and am planning on either trading for a used model or custom ordering a new one in late spring. I know there has been some unhappiness with the 2013's hill assist. Can any of the 2014 manual owner chime in on how their experience has been? I searched the forums/Google and haven't found any commentary thus far. Appreciated! __________________

11-10-2013, 10:18 PM	#3
Blownhotrodder Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Clarkesville , GEORGIA Posts: 1,859	The hill assist is the #1 biggest gripe about my camaro. It sucks plain and simple. Id test drive one so you can see what its like. If you need the assist, you cannot drive a manual properly and you shouldnt drive one. I dont know what gm is thinking with the stupid assist feature. Id do anything to be able to turn it off.

11-10-2013, 10:23 PM	#5
PhelanZL1 Drives: 2013 ZL1 Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Land O Lakes Posts: 66	I found away around this, pull thee brake up one notch til your moving the release it, it turns off the hill assist.

11-10-2013, 10:39 PM	#8
Blownhotrodder Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Clarkesville , GEORGIA Posts: 1,859	You shouldnt have to pay $80 to override this feature. It should be in the settings where you can choose to have it on or off. For those not aware, you can disable the feature with a new yaw sensor out of an auto.

11-10-2013, 11:53 PM	#9
Green Machine Always Workin Drives: 2021 Mazda MX-5 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Youngstown, OH Posts: 1,362	I like it when I'm lazy and dislike it when I don't want it. My hill assist has only been activated about three times while driving my car, but I only have 750 miles on it and I usually pace traffic lights . BTW, you can have the car move without applying throttle when hill assist is active. The brakes will grab slightly then let go, or they did for me the one time I tested it.

11-11-2013, 12:38 AM	#10
Jenner Drives: 2012 SS/RS Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Placentia, CA Posts: 2,130	Some ppl like it other people hate it. I don't think you'll know for sure until you test drive it. I don't think it's that bad. When not really necessary it doesn't really get in MY way

11-11-2013, 01:29 AM	#11
AdamEL Adam E. Lucchesi Drives: 2010 1SS/RS LS3 VR Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Memphis, TN Posts: 1,381 View My Garage	I'm glad I don't have it... But if I did, I'd sure pay to disable it. I've read a lot of complaints about it on here. Skip-shift was enough for me. I ditched that the first week I got my SS.

11-11-2013, 08:55 AM	#12
Dfault Drives: 2014 Camaro SS Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Waco, TX Posts: 989	I was thinking about this the other day because i would really like to have some of the features the 2014 has. Except the tail lights, but they are honestly somewhat growing on me. From my driving style, I think the hill assist will be almost non existent because before I even take off, I give it gas to rev it to about 1500 or 2k rpms so i can just ease off the clutch and get a nice start... It's hard to explain, but if you saw how i drove you'd understand lol. Or you could just pre-purhcase all of your mods before you take your 2014 and then soon as you buy the car drive your car to a shop have them install and tune your car and when you're getting it tuned to remove the hill assist and the skip shift and you'll be golden like pony boy.