My XC60 is auto and the EPB is still in the same place the original Swedish genius put it!! TBH it's not much of an issue. If I do park on a slope then it is fairly easy to engage and it does come off automatically and it is difficult to forget to disengage due to a big red warning light on the speedo. I have not had trouble with hill starts even when towing. It is all a matter of technique really and possibly some practice.

Cheers Concrete

My Toyota C-HR has hold-assist, an EPB and a CVT gearbox.

I have to enable the hold-assist system each time after starting the engine. When you brake with the foot pedal and come to a stop, the hold-assist locks the brakes on and you can take your foot off the pedal, with the gearbox still in Drive. As long as you were pressing the pedal hard enough when the hold-assist took over, it will hold the car on quite steep slopes. To start moving again, just press the accelerator and the hold-assist will automatically release, without letting the car roll back. When I am parking the car in a confined space, I prefer to turn the hold-assist off so that it is easier to use the creep of the gearbox, instead of having to keep touching the accelerator.

I have configured the EPB in the menu system so that it automatically comes on when you put the gearbox in Park. When you put the car back in Drive and press the accelerator, the EPB is automatically released. There is a manual switch for the EPB conveniently located on the centre console, but I almost never need to use it.

I was very anti EPBs when they were first introduced, but now I much prefer them, especially on an automatic.

Edited by RichT54 on 30/04/2020 at 17:16