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Illustration. Matic cars do not use uphill kickdown techniques,
Otomania.com – Avoid breakage of fast transmission, Mobile Matic Don’t use techniques Kickdown when climbing, this is the right way.
Kickdown is one of the most used techniques while driving a car automatic transmission sloping.
For the uninitiated, kickdown is a technique for pressing the accelerator pedal mobile mathematician quickly and deeply to lower the drive gear and increase the engine speed.
Kickdown is performed to obtain maximum engine torque so that the car can overcome the slope of the road.
The question is, do frequent kickdowns damage components? automatic transmission?
Supriyanto from Rizky Automatic’s specialist workshop explained the problem in this way.
“When the kickdown technique is used, the gears will automatically drop 1 level and the engine speed will increase, which makes the clutch lining friction greater,” said Ucup, the close call from Supriyanto.
“The clutch is also forced to slip to get the maximum torque that is usually used for climbing,” he added.
The friction of this forced clutch lining will make it thinner over time.
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