Foundation brake hill start aide system

摘要

An exemplary embodiment of a Hill Start Aide system for a vehicle includes a brake system. The brake system (50) including a brake actuator (56) for manually actuating the brake system. The brake system is selectively configurable in a stopped configuration, where the brake system (50) is manually maintained via the brake actuator (56) such that a vehicle road wheel speed is about zero rpm, a released configuration, where the brake system (50) will not generally inhibit rotation of at least one vehicle road wheel (40), and a control stop configuration, where the vehicle road wheel speed is about zero rpm. The Hill Start Aide system also includes a controller (24) for at least partially controlling the brake system (50). The controller (24) will selectively send a signal to maintain the brake system (50) in the control stopped configuration when the brake actuator (56) is manually released. The controller (24) will send a signal to the brake system (50) to release the brakes (52) when a predetermined amount of time has elapsed after a transmission is manually shifted to a neutral configuration while the brake system (50) is in the control stopped configuration.