2012 Honda Insight Owner's Manual - Page 303

Vehicle Stability Assist (VSA ), aka Electronic Stability Control (ESC), System VSA and Tire Sizes Driving with varying tire or wheel sizes may cause the VSA to malfunction. When replacing tires, make sure they are of the same size and type as your original tires (see page 344 ). If you install winter tires, make sure they are the same size as those that were originally supplied with your vehicle. Exercise the same caution during winter driving as you would if your vehicle was not equipped with VSA. Hill Start Assist System Your vehicle is equipped with a hill start assist feature to help prevent the vehicle from rolling on inclines as you move your foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator. To activate hill start assist, you must come to a complete stop and make sure the shift lever is in any of D, S or L (either in D or S on models with the paddle shifters) when facing uphill, or reverse when facing downhill. Release the brake pedal. The brakes remain engaged briefly to keep the vehicle from rolling forward or backward while you move your foot from the brake pedal to the accelerator pedal. Gently apply the accelerator pedal as in normal driving. Hill start assist will release brake pressure gradually as you accelerate. Hill start assist may not prevent your vehicle from rolling downhill on a very steep or slippery slope, and will not operate on small inclines. Hill start assist is not a replacement for the parking brake. If parking your vehicle, ensure that the transmission is in Park, and the parking brake is fully applied before exiting the vehicle. You should also turn off the engine before exiting the vehicle. The VSA system indicator will come on when there is a problem in the hill start assist system. With the VSA system indicator on, the hill start assist system will not activate. Hill start assist will still operate even when VSA is switched off. Driving 297