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It is an auto, but I cannot hold on a steep hill. How do I do it? When I had the Civic, I put it on 2 and that car held, I would think that an Accord would do the same.

"Guest" <sheshonq@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> It is an auto, but I cannot hold on a steep hill. How do I do it?
> When I had the Civic, I put it on 2 and that car held, I would
> think that an Accord would do the same.

Maybe a silly question, but what's wrong with just keeping your foot on the
brake as is proper?

> Guest wrote:
>
> It is an auto, but I cannot hold on a steep hill. How do I do it?
> When I had the Civic, I put it on 2 and that car held, I would think
> that an Accord would do the same.


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The owner's manual is the first place I'd look. All Honda manuals I've
ever read said "Don't expect the Honda tranny to hold the car on an
incline", or words to that effect.

Solved..

Guest wrote:
> It is an auto, but I cannot hold on a steep hill. How do I do it? When
> I had the Civic, I put it on 2 and that car held, I would think that an
> Accord would do the same.

old hondas did, new hondas don't. it's all about fuel economy. use
your right foot to solve the situation. appropriate pressure on either
pedal will work.

"Seth" <seth_lermanNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> "Guest" <sheshonq@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>> It is an auto, but I cannot hold on a steep hill. How do I do it?
>> When I had the Civic, I put it on 2 and that car held, I would
>> think that an Accord would do the same.
>
> Maybe a silly question, but what's wrong with just keeping your foot on
> the brake as is proper?
>
>

Well that is not the problem, it is when it is time for take off that the
'kickback' happens. The Civic just took off and went forward, not rolling
back first.

"'Curly Q. Links'" <motsco__@interbaun.com> wrote in message
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>> Guest wrote:
>>
>> It is an auto, but I cannot hold on a steep hill. How do I do it?
>> When I had the Civic, I put it on 2 and that car held, I would think
>> that an Accord would do the same.
>
>
> --------------------------------
>
> The owner's manual is the first place I'd look. All Honda manuals I've
> ever read said "Don't expect the Honda tranny to hold the car on an
> incline", or words to that effect.
>
> Solved..

Thanks. I will look. That is odd that it does not hold without the break.
I expected more out of it.

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> "Guest" <sheshonq@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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>> It is an auto, but I cannot hold on a steep hill. How do I do it?
>> When I had the Civic, I put it on 2 and that car held, I would
>> think that an Accord would do the same.
>
> Maybe a silly question, but what's wrong with just keeping your foot
> on the brake as is proper?
>
>
>

Thats what a HANDbrake is for;for hill-holding.

--
Jim Yanik
jyanik
at
kua.net

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> "Seth" <seth_lermanNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in
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>> "Guest" <sheshonq@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>> news:Pv2Pf.3892$%m4.2706@newssvr33.news.prodigy.co m...
>>> It is an auto, but I cannot hold on a steep hill. How do I do it?
>>> When I had the Civic, I put it on 2 and that car held, I would
>>> think that an Accord would do the same.
>>
>> Maybe a silly question, but what's wrong with just keeping your foot
>> on the brake as is proper?
>>
>>
>>
>
> Thats what a HANDbrake is for;for hill-holding.
>
> --
> Jim Yanik
> jyanik
> at
> kua.net

Maybe I should have written holding on a hill during traffic....

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> "Jim Yanik" <jyanik@abuse.gov> wrote in message
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>> "Seth" <seth_lermanNOSPAM@hotmail.com> wrote in
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>>> "Guest" <sheshonq@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
>>> news:Pv2Pf.3892$%m4.2706@newssvr33.news.prodigy.co m...
>>>> It is an auto, but I cannot hold on a steep hill. How do I do it?
>>>> When I had the Civic, I put it on 2 and that car held, I would
>>>> think that an Accord would do the same.
>>>
>>> Maybe a silly question, but what's wrong with just keeping your foot
>>> on the brake as is proper?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>> Thats what a HANDbrake is for;for hill-holding.
>>
>> --
>> Jim Yanik
>> jyanik
>> at
>> kua.net
>
> Maybe I should have written holding on a hill during traffic....
>

If you're stopped at a light, don't you keep your foot on the brake pedal to
keep the car from moving forward? Why can't you do the same thing when
you're stopped on a hill? If you're worried about rollback, use your left
foot on the brake pedal (only when stopped, please).
--
Bearman
If it's got tits, tires, tubes, or transistors, it's trouble.

"Guest" <sheshonq@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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> Maybe I should have written holding on a hill during traffic....

It's perfectly acceptable to use the handbrake or service brakes for holding
a vehicle stationary on a hill, whether or not there is other traffic.