TATA Motors HARRIER, Owner'S Manual

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STARTING AND DRIVING
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5. Hill Descent Control (HDC)
(if available)
While driving down on a hill
slope, activate the HDC fea-
ture by pressing on the cen-
ter console.
HDC provides a smooth and controlled
hill descent by enabling the vehicle to
control the speed of each wheel. The
system will automatically apply the
brakes to slow down to the desired vehi-
cle speed.
Cruise control +/-buttons or
Brake and accelerator pedal can be ad-
just the speed to a comfortable level.
HDC interventions will be automatically
disabled once the descent is complete
and vehicle is on levelled road. Non-zero
speed less than
35
kmph would be re-
quired to turn ON HDC. A speed greater
than
40
kmph will end all active HDC
control and switch HDC to standby
mode. Once the vehicle speed is lower
than the specified threshold of
40
kmph
HDC becomes activated again whenever
required (No press of HDC button is re-
quired).HDC is permanently switched off
if the vehicle speed exceeds
60
kmph
and Active state on HDC switch will go off
automatically. HDC works in both Neu-
tral and in Gear forward and reverse po-
sition.
While driving down a hill, the engine
braking should be used by shifting into a
lower gear. Do not drive in neutral gear
or switch off the engine.
WARNING
HDC cannot take account of road,
weather, traffic and tyre condi-
tions. You are always responsible
for keeping control of the vehicle
and for assessing whether the
downhill gradient can be man-
aged.