Note: Before starting the test, warm up the engine to operating temperature (until the radiator fan of the cooling system turns on).
1. Apply the parking brake and chock the wheels.
2. Fully depress the brake pedal.
Table. Fully braked test (stall test).
Table. Hydraulic test.
3. Start the engine and move the selector to the position "D". Briefly fully depress the accelerator pedal. The engine must not stall.
Attention: pressing the accelerator pedal should not be long (no more than 8 s).
4. Install the car on a slope (not less than 16°), move the selector to position "R" and release the parking brake, the output shaft lock should hold the vehicle in place.
5. Turn off the ignition.
6. Remove the trim panel to provide access to the CVT control unit connector.
7. Connect a multimeter between the leads "A15" And "A23" (or "A24") connector of the variator control unit for measuring the voltage of the output signal of the throttle position sensor, damper.
8. While driving on a level road, check the correspondence of the engine crankshaft speed depending on the vehicle speed at different selector positions (see table "road test").
Table. Road test, before 2003
Range "D"
Range "S"
Range "L"
L15A since 2003
Range "D"
Range "S"