The Dacia Easy-R is an

automated manual transmission The automated manual transmission (AMT) is a type of transmission for motor vehicles. It is essentially a conventional manual transmission but uses automatic actuation to operate the clutch and/or shift between gears. Many early versions of t ...

used by

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that uses electro-mechanical actuation (rather than electro-hydraulic actuation) to automate the gear shifts. The ''Easy-R'' uses a traditional

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with a computer-controlled, electronic

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; the gear shifts are automatic, and the need for a clutch pedal is eliminated. The number of parts has been reduced by a quarter, ensuring better reliability and simplified maintenance. ''Easy-R'' was available in the

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, Logan MCV, and Sandero models. It was also available in the Duster and currently it is still available in the

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. There are two versions: the 5-speed ''JS3'' used in petrol engines and the 6-speed ''TS4 001'' used in diesel engines. The ''Dacia Easy-R'' gearbox was a resounding failure, and now Dacia has switched to using CVT gearboxes on its new models.

Operation

The ''Easy-R'' transmission has the following gears: ''R'', ''N'', ''D'', ''M+'', ''M-'' * ''R'' is the reverse gear. It is similar to ''R'' in both traditional manual and in fully-automatic transmissions. * ''N'' is the neutral gear. It is similar to ''N'' in both traditional manual and fully-automatic transmissions. * ''D'' is the drive gear. It is the equivalent to ''D'' in a fully-automatic transmission. The gearbox in an AMT car is a manual gearbox, instead of one with a

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as in a traditional automatic transmission. * ''M-'' downshifts a gear in a sequential fashion, from ''M5'' (''M6'' in 6-speed AMT cars) to ''M1''. * ''M+'' up-shifts a gear in a sequential fashion, from ''M1'' to ''M5'' (''M6'' in 6-speed AMT cars).

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