Hi, I love my new 500x cross plus petrol but I'm having a problem with hill starts.
I live by a particularly steep hill and I'm finding when I get to the top I activate the auto handbrake then expect to be able to drive off but instead the car keeps on stalling and rolling back. This has also happened when on a hill and I have needed to reverse.
I used to drive a 3rd gen mini and that used to zoom up hills after stopping and have a lot more power in 1st and 2nd gear. Don't know if this might be related but I'm finding a lot of smoke from the exhaust too.
It's a 65 plate with 1400 miles on it 1.4 multijet.
I really hope someone has some advice as it's making me quite nervous around hills and really ruining my experience of the car.
Thanks
I live by a particularly steep hill and I'm finding when I get to the top I activate the auto handbrake then expect to be able to drive off but instead the car keeps on stalling and rolling back. This has also happened when on a hill and I have needed to reverse.
I used to drive a 3rd gen mini and that used to zoom up hills after stopping and have a lot more power in 1st and 2nd gear. Don't know if this might be related but I'm finding a lot of smoke from the exhaust too.
It's a 65 plate with 1400 miles on it 1.4 multijet.
I really hope someone has some advice as it's making me quite nervous around hills and really ruining my experience of the car.
Thanks