The Ascent Manual states: “While the vehicle is kept held by the Auto Vehicle Hold function, the Auto Vehicle Hold operation indicator light will illuminate.”
However, sitting in my garage, car running, in Park, seat belted, doors closed, electronic parking brake on, etc.; turn AVH on, put in Reverse and the AVH Operational Light ‘(0)’ does not turn on. Yet when I touch the gas pedal, the car releases the electronic emergency break and moves out of the garage; which means that is was in AVH Operational mode.
So this could also be a mistake in the specifications for when the ‘(O)’ should be illuminated or it may be an error in the user manual.
Or it could be a subtle nuance: if the car is being held by AVH and the electronic parking brake, the hold by the parking brake takes precedence (and the ‘(O)’ is not turned on). However, if one can make the car move by nudging the accelerator, the ‘(O)’ had better be on so that the driver is alerted to that fact.
However, sitting in my garage, car running, in Park, seat belted, doors closed, electronic parking brake on, etc.; turn AVH on, put in Reverse and the AVH Operational Light ‘(0)’ does not turn on. Yet when I touch the gas pedal, the car releases the electronic emergency break and moves out of the garage; which means that is was in AVH Operational mode.
So this could also be a mistake in the specifications for when the ‘(O)’ should be illuminated or it may be an error in the user manual.
Or it could be a subtle nuance: if the car is being held by AVH and the electronic parking brake, the hold by the parking brake takes precedence (and the ‘(O)’ is not turned on). However, if one can make the car move by nudging the accelerator, the ‘(O)’ had better be on so that the driver is alerted to that fact.