Titan over-temp?

I just noticed this today... 2006 Titan with towing package... The
transmission temp went red-line as we were going up a steady incline of
no more than a mile (towing a 6000# trailer). When we topped the hill it
went back down to normal. But every time we went uphill the damn thing
went to the high end of the scale. Anybody else expereincing
this??????????


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Chris
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Chris wrote:
> I just noticed this today... 2006 Titan with towing package... The
> transmission temp went red-line as we were going up a steady incline of
> no more than a mile (towing a 6000# trailer). When we topped the hill it
> went back down to normal. But every time we went uphill the damn thing
> went to the high end of the scale. Anybody else expereincing
> this??????????
>
>
Perhaps you were travelling slow enough for the tranny cooler to not do
its job so well?

Were your tire pressures OK. Low tire pressures will make your vehicle
work harder.
Were you running the AC?
I'm not too familiar with the Titan, but can you put the car in RWD
mode as opposed to 4WD mode? 2WD or RWD mode would have helped.

On most of the Nissan I know, the tranny cooler is *in* the radiator, so
all the other influences for the radiator would transfer to the
tranny cooler as well. Given your vehicle's heavy duty capability, I
guess the tranny cooler is its own separate entity, and quite beefy too.

Who knows. Just some thoughts and suggestions.

CD