Transmission Running Hot

[Fubar]

Originally Posted by drmiles

Fubar, I have 05 with the SC, and a 10,000lb trailer. Not many hills here but we do have 100+ days. Transmission has never run hot!! I use Royal purple Synthetic. My 03 Tranny ran hot just before 2nd and 4th gears failed!!!

Well that sucks. Define or explain for me if you can exactly what was happening when your trans ran hot before you suffered gear failure. Were you towing your trailer, climbing mountain passes I mean really working the trans? Or was it getting hot during normal day to day use?

I'm thinking my simplest short term solution is reduce the number of trips I make in the H2 to Ca since it's on that route that the trans seams to be having its issues. Driving around town the trans has yet to get hot. I have something else to drive so not taking the H2 to CA isn't a big deal. It's an inconvience but not a big deal.

I'll continue looking for a qualified shop here in town. I agree with all of you that I have some kind of problem with my trans.

But it's kind of like going to the doctor, you get there and whatever was bothering you enough to go in the first place refuses to surface while you're there and you end up asking the doc to fix something he can't see is broke...

Vegas is flat there is a 9000ft pass going North on I-15 toward I-70 which has yet to cause a problem for the trans and then the two 4000ft passes on the way to Ca. Getting to any of these is a 2-4hr journey which is a bit much to ask a mechanic to commit to in an attempt to duplicate the problem. What I've heard from a couple places I've been to is drive it till something breaks.. Ahhh NO I don't think so. Needless to say both those shops lost any potential bussiness I may have brought there way. I'm about frustrated enough to put the H2 on a flat bed and have it towed to HGW.