Peterbilt 337 2017 - Automatic and Automated Transmissions

OPERATINGTHETRANSMISSION
AutomaticandAutomated
Transmissions
Anautomaticorautomated
transmissionmakesshiftingmuch
easier.Itremainsimportantto
completelyunderstandhowtooperate
thetransmissiontooptimizeits
efciency.Pleasereadthemanual
foryourautomaticorautomated
transmissionincludedwithyour
vehicle.
Forautomatedtransmissions,thereis
no"park"position.Soyouwillneedto
applytheparkingbrakebeforeleaving
thecab.
HillHold
Thehillholdfeatureisavailableas
anoptionwithcertainautomated
transmissions.Thisfeatureholdsthe
vehiclewhileonahilltoallowthe
operatortoreleasetheservicebrakes
andpresstheaccelerator.Thisfeature
willholdthevehicleifthevehicleis
attemptingtogoupahillfromastopin
eitherdriveorreverse.
WARNING!
Donotleavethecabofyourvehicle
withoutapplyingtheparkingbrake.
Thetruckcouldrollandcausean
accidentresultingindeathorper-
sonalinjury.Alwaysapplythepark-
ingbrakebeforeyouleavethecab.
WARNING!
Ifyourvehiclehasanautomated
transmission,beawarethatitcan
rollbackwardswhenstoppedona
hillorgrade,orwhenstartingfrom
astoponahillorgrade.Failureto
complymayresultindeath,personal
injury,equipmentorpropertydam-
age.Observethefollowingguide-
lines:
•Whenstoppedonahillorgrade,
pressthebrakepedal.
•Whenstartingfromastopona
hillorgrade,quicklyremoveyour
footfromthebrakepedaland
rmlypressontheaccelerator
pedal.
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