Brake Hold Function
#1
Driver School Candidate
Thread Starter
Brake Hold Function
I love the brake hold feature. Is there a way to turn this feature on automatically when the car starts or do you have to press the button every time after you start the car?
#5
Pole Position
Are "brake hold assist" and "hill start control" two different things or one in the same? I ask because my 4RX has one or the other full-time. I have hills here and whatever it is it's always holding the vehicle till I gas up.
#6
Lexus Champion
For hill start assist, you push the brake pedal down extra hard until it is activated, then release the brake pedal. It will hold the brakes for about 3 seconds, or until you touch the gas, whichever comes first. It's intended for use starting out on a hill, to give your foot time to get from the brake pedal to the gas pedal without rolling backward.
#7
Pole Position
The brake hold function will keep the brakes on while activated, as long as you don't touch the gas. Basically, you can sit at a stop light or drive thru (etc) without keeping your foot on the brake while you wait.
For hill start assist, you push the brake pedal down extra hard until it is activated, then release the brake pedal. It will hold the brakes for about 3 seconds, or until you touch the gas, whichever comes first. It's intended for use starting out on a hill, to give your foot time to get from the brake pedal to the gas pedal without rolling backward.
For hill start assist, you push the brake pedal down extra hard until it is activated, then release the brake pedal. It will hold the brakes for about 3 seconds, or until you touch the gas, whichever comes first. It's intended for use starting out on a hill, to give your foot time to get from the brake pedal to the gas pedal without rolling backward.
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#8
Lexus Champion
Yes, brake lights are on any time the hill start assist or brake hold functions are holding the brakes.
#10
Pole Position
I got a chance to look over the manual and my window sticker, and I figure that the brake hold and hill start assist are both standard across all 4RXs.
#11
I love the brake hold function too and I use it everyday.
I got a question though...
The 4RX don't have the physical hand brake nor "foot brake", how can I stop my car if the regular brake fails? I can imagine if I have a hand brake, then I could put the car in lower gears and/or neutral and then pull the hand brake. But what about no hand brake? Does that parking brake button (if not setting it to AUTO) do the same thing?
I got a question though...
The 4RX don't have the physical hand brake nor "foot brake", how can I stop my car if the regular brake fails? I can imagine if I have a hand brake, then I could put the car in lower gears and/or neutral and then pull the hand brake. But what about no hand brake? Does that parking brake button (if not setting it to AUTO) do the same thing?
Last edited by kenforum; 07-09-16 at 10:26 AM.
#12
The electric switch on the center console (similar to a power window switch)
controls the electric motor that applies the regular parking brakes. It does not
seem to work while the car is moving so would not seem to be equal to an old
"emergency brake" but merely a parking brake.
controls the electric motor that applies the regular parking brakes. It does not
seem to work while the car is moving so would not seem to be equal to an old
"emergency brake" but merely a parking brake.
#14