Automatic trucks going into neutral after letting off gas peddle?

Sounds like its having a engine fault. 1 of the International's at work has been having problems with the transmission. Thing faulted out when the driver was trying to leave a truck stop. He got stuck blocking the only entrance/exit for 2 hours. They towed it to a near by center. A week later i took a spare down and brought the International back. Man that thing was a turd. Had to push the brake to the floorboard to get it to go into gear. Going from reverse to drive it would miss the gear. Its been back for a week , l saw the driver Friday he said it was back out of service for the transmission. Made me glad my bid truck is a Kenworth.

 

Some trucks have something called e-coast.

 

Well, there's a reason they have the nickname InterTRASHanal. Of course, I drive a Vulva, I mean Volvo, so what do I know. They have their own querks.

 

Not sure about the IH but many of the newer automated transmissions go to neutral when you’re coasting.

 

I don’t know drivers issues Are with Auto trucks after years of driving Especially older trucks your knees will thank you in the Long run plus the fact you will feel so much more fresher at the end of the Day.

 

brake light switch needs adjustment...

 

Might be the way the company programmed it. I got a Paccar and she’ll stay in gear by disengage the clutch if I’m coasting 5-15 mph on flat or slight decline.

 

Some companies have their auto-shifts programmed to drop into neutral when coasting.
Previous employer had some KW’s, and Pete’s that did that.
Had a long nose Pete w/18 sp that got retired, I was assigned a new KW with auto, first day going on 1-20 west of Odessa fully loaded, pulling a loaded pup trailer started down Penwell Hill, and ‘hold on Nellie’!!
Needless to say, the next day I unhooked that pup, and told dispatch ‘I will never pull a pup trailer again with an auto’. Never did.
I for one, have never been ‘more refreshed at the end of the day’ when driving auto-shifts.

 

"Automatic" Transmissions in these Tractors are simply a Manual Transmission controlled by a computer. When you are coming to a stop, it will "push in the clutch", just as you would if you were shifting. Some are programmed better than others. I drive a 2019 T680. 550,000 miles. The Paccar version of the Auto Shift works flawlessly. I use manual mode in combination with the engine brake when descending grades, just as I would with a manual. Same with climbing grades. Put it in manual mode and shift manually.

 

I very seldom ever put an auto into manual mode. I figure if the company figured I don’t have the skill to properly choose the correct gear, then piss on them. If that auto shifts, and ‘hunts’ a hundred times on that 4 mile crawl on that oilfield lease road, that’s just too #### bad.