Manual Transmission and AutoStart/AutoHold

[hyde]

I wonder, how does auto hold or auto start/stop work with those folks who get stick shift?

[Kzang]

If this feature is even available on manual cars, my guess is usually when you are driving a manual car you would shift into neutral when at a stop and during that time is when the car would shut off then restart once you engage the clutch and shift into first?

[NoPII]

Been a while since I drove one, but I remember it stopping while the clutch is dipped and your foot is on the brake... changing either restarts the engine.

[igorsvrub]

We have vw passat in the family, so it has manual transmission and auto start/stop function (as well as auto hold).
So when you stopped on traffic jam, put neutral(no need to hold brake)-it will shut down the engine.
As soon as you touched clutch it will starts the engine.
Remark: obviously it works if battery good charged and tem-re of engine is ok(may be some other limits to deactivate this function).

[hyde]

Originally Posted by igorsvrub

We have vw passat in the family, so it has manual transmission and auto start/stop function (as well as auto hold).
So when you stopped on traffic jam, put neutral(no need to hold brake)-it will shut down the engine.
As soon as you touched clutch it will starts the engine.
Remark: obviously it works if battery good charged and tem-re of engine is ok(may be some other limits to deactivate this function).

Thanks, that's what I thought, I figured it would be linked to clutch instead of others, but with auto hold + auto start, does it start the engine when you touch the clutch and then release the auto hold when you touch the gas pedal? Otherwise it would start rolling back, no? This is great so you don't actually have to keep the brake pressed like you said when starting as well as coming to a stop.

[igorsvrub]

Originally Posted by hyde

Thanks, that's what I thought, I figured it would be linked to clutch instead of others, but with auto hold + auto start, does it start the engine when you touch the clutch and then release the auto hold when you touch the gas pedal? Otherwise it would start rolling back, no? This is great so you don't actually have to keep the brake pressed like you said when starting as well as coming to a stop.

Hi!
Sorry for late reply...
Yes, when you push clutch the car starts, but autohold still active.
When you press gas pedal and start release clutch than autohold function is disabled(some time you feel a bit that car is not moving till certain moment with auto hold function).
So option is good enough to have with manual transmission.