Going through the manual for my Caddy Maxi Life, it says that if you stop on an incline greater than 5%, then the brake pressure is held for up to 2 seconds after you release the brake to stop you rolling back.

Now in the nearly 4 months I have had the Caddy, I have never been able to get this working until now, and it has led to some very touchy (no pun intended) situations.

So, I resigned myself to it not working and so decided to use the handbrake to hold the car, also realising that if you just have the handbrake on and the DSG in drive, the clutch will actually try to engage.

When I got to the first incline where I had to stop, I had my foot on the brake and I pulled up the handbrake. For some reason I had to partially release the brake, and when I put my foot back on it, I noticed the pedal was rock hard even after I released the handbrake. I actually thought something was wrong, but when I drove off there was absolutely no rolling back.

So it looks like you need to pull up the handbrake, then press and hold the foot brake to set it, and then release the handbrake. Now as you want to move off, release the foot brake and press the accelerator, and the hill hold now works.

I have tried to search for information on this from VW, but nothing. All I know is that it does not work automatically, and has to be set.