Manual Road Test; Engine Brake Test - Suzuki Baleno Manual

7B-40 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION (3 A/T)
1. Solenoid valve wire coupler (Disconnected)
2. Transmission

MANUAL ROAD TEST

This test checks the gears being used in L, 2 or D range when driv-
en with unoperated gear shift control system.
Test drive vehicle on a level road.
1) With selector lever in P range, start engine and warm it up.
2) After warming up engine, disconnect coupler of solenoid valve
wire as shown in left figure.
3) With selector lever in L range, start vehicle and accelerate to 30
km/h (19 mile/h). Check in this state that 1st gear is being used.
4) At 30 km/h (19 mile/h), shift selector lever to 2 range and accel-
erate to 60 km/h (37 mile/h).
Check in this state that 2nd gear is being used.
5) At 60 km/h (37 mile/h), shift selector lever to D range and check
that 3rd gear is used when speed is higher than 60 km/h (37
mile/h).
6) After above checks, stop vehicle then engine, and connect sole-
noid valve wire coupler.

ENGINE BRAKE TEST

WARNING:
Before test, make sure that there is no vehicle behind so
as to prevent rear-end collision.
1) While driving vehicle in 3rd gear of D range, shift selector lever
down to 2 range and check if engine brake operates.
2) In the same way as in step 1), check engine brake for operation
when selector lever is shifted down to L range.
3) If engine brake fails to operate in above tests, possible cause for
such failure are as follows.
Check each part which is suspected to be the cause.
Condition
Fails to operate when
shifted down to 2 range
Fails to operate when
shifted down to L range
Possible causes
Second brake defective
1st-reverse brake defective