"Ding" Alarm On Steep Grades
11-27-2007, 04:00 PM
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"Ding" Alarm On Steep Grades
Alright I know a couple other jeepers in SoCal have experienced this issue when climbing steep grades in there jeeps with automatic transmissions. It seems that when climbing at a slow pace up steep grades you will here a random "Ding" alarm for lack of a better word. Our theory on this seems to be the transmission overheating due to dirty trans fluid or lack of air flow. Now as of this moment we don't know if anything else is the problem. Just wanted to see if anyone else have heard a "Ding" when climbing steep grades for extended periods of time?
11-27-2007, 04:27 PM
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I just thought of something...I have heard the ding. Mine was the low fuel warning. While climbing a very steep grade, all the fuel moves to the back of the tank and the Jeep thinks it's empty. The fuel light should go on though. Is it possible that this is the chime you heard and didn't realize that it was the low fuel indicator?
11-27-2007, 05:38 PM
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I just thought of something...I have heard the ding. Mine was the low fuel warning. While climbing a very steep grade, all the fuel moves to the back of the tank and the Jeep thinks it's empty. The fuel light should go on though. Is it possible that this is the chime you heard and didn't realize that it was the low fuel indicator?
11-27-2007, 05:47 PM
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I had the ding come on a few times on different trail runs-- always on a grade, but not always that steep. I never felt anything wrong or had a problem, so I just ignored it. But, when I took it to the dealer for some other work, they pulled the codes and some of them were showing that the transmission had run too hot at points. They said the transmission fluid was filthy and that I needed to flush it and change the fluid. So, I did and never really thought anything of it. I still never put it together with the ding. But, after Trail Bud experienced transmission problems on the trail it all seemed to come together. Now I'm guessing that most of the people who have experienced the random ding also have the codes in the CPU that show your transmission has run too hot at one point.
11-27-2007, 05:49 PM
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I just thought of something...I have heard the ding. Mine was the low fuel warning. While climbing a very steep grade, all the fuel moves to the back of the tank and the Jeep thinks it's empty. The fuel light should go on though. Is it possible that this is the chime you heard and didn't realize that it was the low fuel indicator?
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That's what I've been saying... but now I'm starting to think it might be a warning that the transmission is running too hot.
I had the ding come on a few times on different trail runs-- always on a grade, but not always that steep. I never felt anything wrong or had a problem, so I just ignored it. But, when I took it to the dealer for some other work, they pulled the codes and some of them were showing that the transmission had run too hot at points. They said the transmission fluid was filthy and that I needed to flush it and change the fluid. So, I did and never really thought anything of it. I still never put it together with the ding. But, after Trail Bud experienced transmission problems on the trail it all seemed to come together. Now I'm guessing that most of the people who have experienced the random ding also have the codes in the CPU that show your transmission has run too hot at one point.
I had the ding come on a few times on different trail runs-- always on a grade, but not always that steep. I never felt anything wrong or had a problem, so I just ignored it. But, when I took it to the dealer for some other work, they pulled the codes and some of them were showing that the transmission had run too hot at points. They said the transmission fluid was filthy and that I needed to flush it and change the fluid. So, I did and never really thought anything of it. I still never put it together with the ding. But, after Trail Bud experienced transmission problems on the trail it all seemed to come together. Now I'm guessing that most of the people who have experienced the random ding also have the codes in the CPU that show your transmission has run too hot at one point.
11-27-2007, 05:54 PM
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Some possible wisdom from Rubimon:
Originally Posted by Rubimon
It probably isn't the fact that it's dirty as much as the fact that once it boils the viscosity of the fluid probably changes making it less effective at cooling your transmission. Just a guess though. But it might be a worth while safety net to change the fluid and use a better grade than what comes from the factory.