{"count":1,"message":"Results returned successfully","results":[{"odiNumber":11587076,"manufacturer":"Volkswagen Group of America, Inc.","crash":false,"fire":false,"numberOfInjuries":0,"numberOfDeaths":0,"dateOfIncident":"03/30/2024","dateComplaintFiled":"05/05/2024","vin":"WVWSA7CD1RW","components":"POWER TRAIN,SERVICE BRAKES","summary":"My car has a manual transmission and a hill hold system that is supposed to aid in starting when the car is stopped on an incline.  However, the system is implemented so poorly, I feel it is a safety hazard.  This is at least the third car I've owned with a system like this, but it's the first time I've felt unsafe driving a car with it.    I've done some testing with it and it appears that the only parameter VW uses to release the hill hold is time.  That time is about 2 seconds.  Nothing the driver can do with the accelerator or clutch pedal will cause it to release faster than 2 seconds.  If you try to be aggressive with gas and clutch, the best outcome is that you prematurely wear the clutch from excessive slip.  The worst is the car stalls.  The steeper the slope, it appears the more aggressively the system tries to hold the car in place.  This makes it even worse, because anyone who has driven a manual transmission is going to reflexively be more aggressive with the gas and clutch.  That's what their experience has taught them and it's going to almost inevitably end up with the car stalling.  I view this as a huge safety issue.  There are times when the best thing a driver can do to extract themselves from a potentially unsafe condition is to immediately get themself out of it by driving clear.  If they are on a incline, in this car they have no option but to sit there an additional 2 seconds.  That 2 seconds can be the difference between safety and injury, or even death.  If that driver reverts to their experience and aggressively works that gas and clutch, they could stall the car and add even more time before they can extricate themselves.  In the other cars I've had with this system - including a VW Mk6 GTI, depressing the accelerator pedal enough to take the engine off idle would cause the hill hold to release.  Obviously, they incorporated input from the Throttle Position Sensor to release the hold.  They appear to have omitted that critical override.","products":[{"type":"Vehicle","productYear":"2024","productMake":"VOLKSWAGEN","productModel":"GOLF R","manufacturer":"Volkswagen Group of America, Inc."}]}]}