Car cannot climb steep road..

**pjkhyra** · April 3rd, 2009 01:11 AM

Ride is MT Toyota Avanza 1.3J. acquired october last year. This afternoon nabigla ako kasi nabitin ako sa isang steep road (about 45 degrees) inside Baguio Center Mall basement parking. 3 adults nakasakay including me. Before umakyat sa steep road dahan dahan muna ako kasi hindi pantay yung metal cover nung drainage system (dunno the exact term he he he basta yun na un) before the road so wala talaga bwelo. From fully stopped(car is inclined to the steep road) I shifted to 1st gear and depressed the gas pedal, dahan dahan umabante then about 1 meter into the climb nag shudder tapos namatay na yung engine. Parang hindi talaga kaya ng makina. Nabigla me talaga kasi hindi naman dati nabibitin dun sa steep road na yun maybe nakabwelo lang me before. Mabuti na lang walang sumusunod na car, wheeow!! So habang nakatigil ako dun sa gitna ng road inistart ko ulit, i tried again (2nd) kasi naisip ko baka hindi lang timing yung pagtimpla ko ng clutch and gas pedal and on my next try the same happened umabante ng konti, car shuddered and engine died again. Tried again (3rd) but this time i let the cluth slip a little para hindi mamatay yung makina pero nung kumagat na ung clutch the same happened again...

i tried again but this time i pressed the gas pedal a little bit hard allowing the engine rpm reached 2k and releasing the clutch faster than normal para makakuha agad ng momentum but again the same happened.. so talagang hindi maka akyat... umatras nalang ako hanggang sa baba then bumwelo ako nang konti ayun naka akyat at last.. Ganun ba talaga ang avanza e low pa ang gearing neto di ba meaning high torque on the wheels right? pano na lang kung yung car is caught up in traffic sa steep road then talagang stand still??? Kinabahan tuloy ako sa car ko bka under powered nga talaga... pero malakas naman ang hatak ng primera sa patag... May naka experience na po ba dito same as mine? Wala po kayang problem sa clutch or something kaya hindi maka akyat? Comments are greatly appreciated.. THNX..

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**kompressor** · April 3rd, 2009 01:24 AM

Question:

Was your airconditioner turned on during the incident?

**pjkhyra** · April 3rd, 2009 01:36 AM

Originally Posted by kompressor

Question:

Was your airconditioner turned on during the incident?

Nope... AC is turned off...

**av8or5** · April 3rd, 2009 01:49 AM

hi sir.maybe you let the clutch up too fast and not enough hp..you mentioned nag rev ka 2000rpm, maybe it wasn't enough with the weight and incline of the situation.. i am seeing that probably you needed more rpm...more rpm=more hp therefore higher torque. IMO.

**rst619** · April 3rd, 2009 01:51 AM

well since steep talaga ( sabi mo nga approx 45 deg ) i think kulang ka sa rev. 2000 rpm is too low in my opinion lang sir kaya hindi kayang i overcome ng makina ang grade.

somebody pls correct me if i am wrong, pero kung sliding po ang clutch mo, mas hindi dapat mamatay ang makina: hindi ka gaano makakaabante, pero hindi dapat mamamatay.

when standing still on a steep incline, engage handbreak, rev hard, then let the clutch up slowly. of course timing mo din pala pag release handbreak lol

**kompressor** · April 3rd, 2009 02:02 AM

I see. Pero kung 45 degrees nga talaga ang angle niyan eh sobra namang tarik niyang mall parking ramp na yan. Last time ako nakakita ng ganyang parking ramp eh sa columbia tower sa greenhills and hirap na hirap umakyat even mga sedans.

Think of an equilateral triangle. Ganun ang 45 degrees. Kung ganun talaga ang tarik niyan eh wala nang kasalanan yung sasakyan mo. Kung ako nasa situation mo eh paatras ko iaakyat ang sasakyan para mas makitid ang gear.

**rst619** · April 3rd, 2009 02:06 AM

Originally Posted by kompressor

Think of an equilateral triangle. Ganun ang 45 degrees. Kung ganun talaga ang tarik niyan eh wala nang kasalanan yung sasakyan mo. Kung ako nasa situation mo eh paatras ko iaakyat ang sasakyan para mas makitid ang gear.

come to think of it, taga Baguio ka TS di ba? hindi ka pa ba nakakita ng dumptruck na paatras umaakyat sa Kennon lol. ako twice na nakakita, nung una sabi ko WTF pero it works for them lol. sorry OT

**Picard** · April 3rd, 2009 07:25 AM

Sir the engine is 1.3L, rear wheel drive pa. Mahina talaga yan sa akyatan. 2K rpm really won't make it lalo na walang bwelo. Kung talagang hindi makakabwelo, I think best technique yung kay rst619...when standing still on a steep incline, engage handbreak, rev hard, then let the clutch up slowly. of course timing mo din pala pag release handbreak. Don't be afraid to rev hard when you need it...as long as wala sa redline it's safe.

*rst619
Oo kahit mga jeep at fiera paatras umakyat. hehe!

**macsd** · April 3rd, 2009 08:50 AM

you got a relatively brand new car, kahit 1.3 lang yan it should get you out of that stiff incline without sweat. in fact, the car actually manage to pass through. the manner you handled the situation was actually the problem. i agree with the rest of what has been said, step more on the gas pedal & pump that rpm to rev more. tinipid mo lang ang gas kaya namatay ang makina and as a preparation for the climb, rev it up first to get the engine pumped up.

**Gumusut_Amige** · April 3rd, 2009 09:26 AM

Originally Posted by kompressor

I see. Pero kung 45 degrees nga talaga ang angle niyan eh sobra namang tarik niyang mall parking ramp na yan. Last time ako nakakita ng ganyang parking ramp eh sa columbia tower sa greenhills and hirap na hirap umakyat even mga sedans.

Think of an equilateral triangle. Ganun ang 45 degrees. Kung ganun talaga ang tarik niyan eh wala nang kasalanan yung sasakyan mo. Kung ako nasa situation mo eh paatras ko iaakyat ang sasakyan para mas makitid ang gear.

agree talaga ako na matarik itong parking ramp dito sa Baguio center mall at makipot pa... kaya kung namali ka ng tantiya ay hagip mo ang wall.
is this your first time to park there? siguro medyo alangan ka sa may kerb segment niya na paakyat kaya mahina lang tapak mo sa gas?always parking here but no problem... though mine is innova.