2013 Jeep Patriot Owner's Manual - Page 352

350 STARTING AND OPERATING WARNING! HDC is only intended to assist the driver in controlling vehicle speed when descending hills. The driver must remain attentive to the driving conditions and is responsible for maintaining a safe vehicle speed. Hill Start Assist (HSA) - Manual Transmission Only HSA Activation Criteria The following criteria must be met in order for HSA to activate: • Vehicle must be stopped. • Vehicle must be on a 7% grade or greater hill. • Gear selection matches vehicle uphill direction (i.e., vehicle facing uphill is in forward gear; vehicle backing uphill is in REVERSE gear). The HSA system is designed to assist the driver when starting a vehicle from a stop on a hill. HSA will maintain WARNING! the level of brake pressure the driver applied for a short period of time after the driver takes their foot off of the There may be situations on minor hills (i.e., less than brake pedal. If the driver does not apply the throttle 8%), with a loaded vehicle, or while pulling a trailer, during this short period of time, the system will release when the system will not activate and slight rolling brake pressure and the vehicle will roll down the hill. The may occur. This could cause a collision with another system will release brake pressure in proportion to vehicle or object. Always remember the driver is amount of throttle applied as the vehicle starts to move in responsible for braking the vehicle. the intended direction of travel.