After watching all kinds of awesome videos of jeeping in MOAB and seeing alot of rigs struggling up some of the climbs I got to wondering how the hill assist has affected some of off-roaders experiences. In the city I love it but I am wondering what some of your experiences off roading have been like. Post your thoughts. (didn't find a tread on this, if I missed it my bad and please post a link).

 

What the hell is "Hill Assist" ???
My rubicon came with everything push button i.e. lockers, discos, esp., o.d. (auto trans), But I don't seem to have the button that says Hill Assist!!!!!!
Splain Lucy!!!!

 

I have it on my manual 2010 Rubicon. Basically if you're stopped on a hill and you take your foot off the clutch, hill-assist keeps the brake engaged so you don't start rolling backwards.

 

Have it on my 2010 manual Rubi as well...I'm not a fan of it in the city..Seems to me it doesn't want to release as quickly as I think it should...However, after taking it to Uwharrie ORV park here in NC it can in *really* handy when the group I was riding with came to a stop that put me on a very steep incline waiting for them to move...It was very easy to get moving again and hill assist released as expected...Overall I'm a fan of it offroad...On road, not so much...

 

Works awesome off road, Rubi 4:1 and the hill assist is pretty damn nice on the rocks.

 

AHHHHH! thanx for the info.... did not know this!!!

 

The feature is included on '09 and later.

 

You don't need any hill assist - especially in 4 low. You can climb right up the slick-rock. All but one of my Jeeps, out of 7, have been manuals and I've never needed or wished I had any type of hill-assist. If you have one great but driving a clutch isn't that complicated.

 

You don't "need" fuel injection, dont "need" a/c, and of course hill assist, but I have it....and I like it

 

Yep. But he didn't ask about A/C, fuel injection or anything else.