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So, Someone had the brilliant idea of having these extremely steep hills with a stop light right at the peak, all over downtown Seattle. They're annoying. They remind me why I refuse to buy a stick despite being able to drive one. The other day, I was navigating around some bad traffic and ended up on one. I noticed the Fusion likes to roll back; it doesn't seem to have any hill assist. Annoying, but fine. But then when the light changed and the car ahead of me went, I pressed the accelerator...and nothing. It was like the car had stalled, despite the console and dashboard showing in a full run state. I pressed the accelerator at least two or three times, down to the floor even, and it wouldn't go. Light cycled. Now, at this point I was low on the battery and the gas engine didn't kick in. So I cranked the heat thinking I could "force" the car to turn the gas engine on. Nothing. Second green light, it finally went after holding the accelerator down for 2-3 seconds. Has been fine ever since. But I haven't been on that type of a hill situation. Has anyone else been in that kind of situation?