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Driving
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Driving Precautions of AT Vehicle
(Under Different Road Conditions)
● On the small slope and flat road, it is
suggested to shift to position D, step down the
accelerator pedal quickly to get immediate
acceleration.
Quick stepping accelerator pedal: driver steps
down the accelerator pedal to the end quickly.
Quick stepping accelerator pedal to downshift the
transmission mechanism to lower gear instantly
and increase the torque; engine speed is
increased to higher level and shift to higher gear to
get improved acceleration ability.
Notice: When vehicle will get a shock during
downshifting and speeding up, it is caused by
operation of forced downshifting but not engine
shaking. All these are related with quick stepping
accelerator pedal and important precautions for
driver. In case of stepping accelerator pedal slowly,
it is not easy for downshifting and speed up.
Stepping the accelerator pedal by half or 2/3 travel
will improve the power output (torque), but it is
impossible to get enough accelerating power
(torque).
This is the reason for your feeling of low power.
Also greater vehicle shaking will occur in case of
slow stepping the accelerator pedal, it shall be
avoided.
● On the medium slope road, it is suggested to
shift to 3
rd
gear or 2
nd
gear in manual mode;
quick stepping accelerator pedal can get
instant acceleration.
● On large slope road, please shift to gear
position 1 in manual mode, do not shift to
position D, quick stepping accelerator pedal
will get instant accelerating; vehicle cannot be
shifted to gear position 1 during whole travel;
Driver shall notice the slope change and shift
to gear position 2 or position D manually for
normal driving. Please pay attention that
transmission damage may occur if vehicle is
running in gear position 1 without shifting to
gear position D for long time.
●
If vehicle is going downhill and the braking
time is too long; the brake performance
degradation will occur due to overheating of
brake. Please slow down the vehicle with the
help of engine brake.
Engine brake is the brake effect that achieved by
shifting to lower gear position, releasing the
accelerator pedal to slows down the vehicle
through engine braking and low transmission ratio.
Lower gear position can get better engine brake
performance.
On the downhill road of large slope, to get better
brake effect, please select MT mode and downshift
to lowest gear position.
When vehicle runs in high speed,
downshifting to lower gear position will cause
great impact to engine and transmission
which will cause damage to engine and
transmission. The downshifting can only be
performed by reducing speed until the
allowable level.