2010 Jeep Patriot Owner's Manual - Page 326

STARTING AND OPERATING 325 in "Off-Road" mode and placing the shift lever in LOW normal. When either the brake or the accelerator is or REVERSE. Refer to "Safe Off-Road Driving" in "Start- released, HDC will control the vehicle back to the original set speed. ing and Operating" for further information. When HDC is properly enabled, the "Hill HDC is only intended for low speed off-road driving. At Decent Control Light" in the instrument cluster vehicle speeds above 31 mph (50 km/h) HDC will no longer function. If the "HDC Indicator Light" begins to will be illuminated. flash this indicates that the brakes are getting too hot and HDC has the capability to sense terrain and will only the vehicle should be stopped to allow the brakes to cool. activate when the vehicle is descending a hill. It will not WARNING! activate on level ground. If desired, HDC can be fully deactivated by putting the vehicle into ESC "Full Off" HDC is only intended to assist the driver in controlmode. This is done by pressing and holding the "ESC ling vehicle speed when descending hills. The driver Off" button for five seconds. Refer to "Electronic Stability must remain attentive to the driving conditions and Control (ESC)" in this section of the manual. is responsible for maintaining a safe vehicle speed. HDC operation can be overridden with brake application to slow the vehicle down below the HDC control speed. Conversely, if more speed is desired during HDC control, the accelerator pedal will increase vehicle speed like 5