Mystery gearing stick button solves one of drivers’ BIGGEST problems and most people don’t know how to use it
MOST drivers appear to be totally unaware what a mystery gear stick button does on their car – and it could help solve a tricky manoeuvre.
The Aussie mum who is known on TikTok as ‘Emmuhjayne’ took to her social media page to reveal all.
In a post called “Ever wondered what the auto hold button does?” she explained it can help with those tricky hill starts.
At the start of the short clip there is a picture of the auto hold button along with the caption: “Those with Kia Carnivals do you know what this button does?”
Emma Jayne though did add: “I’m aware I need to clean my car. No need to tell me,” adding a laughing emoji for good measure.
She then said: “I’ve just learned.”
Out of shot, a child’s voice can be heard saying “what?”
The mum continues: “Well, when you push it you get the auto hold on the dash,” as the camera pans across to the car’s dashboard with the auto hold function lit up in green.
She adds: “So now it’s green because I have braked so if I took my foot off the brake, this is an automatic, if I took my foot off the brake right now we won’t go anywhere because I’ve stopped the car using the brake pedal.
“It holds it for me… right so now I’m in drive right now, auto hold is green because I stopped the vehicle using my foot on the brake.”
Emma Jayne added: “My foot is not on the brake, so now I keep moving to get started… accelerate a little bit and [indicating the auto hold light] that should go white.”
She continued: “And now I am braking so I don’t hit my house and I’ve stopped the car using the brake and that’s gone green [meaning the auto hold light].
“So now, if I take my foot off the brake the car stays put, in drive.
“Hey, that’s auto hold.”
It would appear many other drivers weren’t aware as the post has notched up more than 4,400 likes and gained over 330 comments.
While some thought the feature was already “common knowledge” others were clearly in the dark about it.
One person wrote: “This is honestly the best feature in modern cars! Especially whilst in a drive through.”
Another said: “It’s for hill starts and inclined driveways.”
While a third added: “It’s amazing especially at drive-through.”
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