vehicles with trans temp readout
On Saturday I test drove a 2013 Jeep Grand Cherokee. I was pleased when the salesman showed me that the dash display could show transmission temperature as well as each tire's pressure. After seeing...
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tluxon wrote:
On a long hard climb it's not uncommon to see the tranny temp get up to 220°F for short periods. Since that's about as high as I want to see it, it's extremely helpful to see just how long it's up there and how quickly it comes back down.
WOW 22? I have never seen over 200-205 pulling a hill in 2nd gear!
Agree that the gauge is very helpful to see how long the hi temp condition lasts because that affects the life span of the fluid.
All 2500 series Suburbans and truck have a trans temp gauge, analog on earlier models, digital after 2007 I believe. Cadillac Escalades also have trans temp, and I have heard that you can get the trans temp of the 1500 Suburbans by swapping in the Escalade gauge cluster, since the info is already being monitored by the PCM.
