Driver reports transmission overheating near Silverthorne, Silverthorne CO
TrafficA driver reported that the vehicle transmission was overheating while descending from Eisenhower Tunnel near Silverthorne. The driver safely pulled over on the shoulder and was advised to let the vehicle cool and check coolant and fluid levels before continuing.
Audio|Source: Summit and Eagle County Public Safety
02:47
Transcript:
00:00
From Eisenhower Tunnel and I have a warning, beeping, and that the transmission temperature is too high.
00:11
I'm looking for a spot to pull off.
00:14
It's kind of narrow in here right now.
00:20
What is your transmission at right now? What is the gauge reading?
00:26
Just a moment.
00:33
It's at 256.
00:36
Yeah,
00:41
that seems a bit high.
00:43
Are you pulled over right now, or can you get to a spot to pull over safely?
00:51
I am. Again, it's not the best spot, but I'm off, you know, on the shoulder.
00:56
I was in fifth gear coming down, relying on the brake retarder, mainly.
01:04
Kathy, I see you're close to the Silverthorn exit.
01:07
I would say try and pull off of 70.
01:11
It's a parking lot.
01:12
You might just need to sit and let it cool down for a bit.
01:18
Try and see what your coolant level is at.
01:24
I'm not showing any faults through motive, but those tend to take a little bit to transfer over, so I'll keep an eye on it.
01:38
Copy. It's just got the 247.
01:40
So it's dropping fairly quickly, so I'll pull off that Silverth front.
01:47
Copy. Yeah, you might just need to...
01:51
Let it fit for a bit and then maybe back.
01:54
I would check the coolant level.
01:56
Just do double check your fluids to see if everything's fine.
02:01
If they're all pretty full, I think you'll be fine on the way back.
02:04
On the ways down, I would maybe decrease your gear to lower before...
02:12
For them five, because it's, what, 35, that you have to go down this hole at?
02:19
Yeah,
02:20
and the retarded was doing the work.
02:22
I don't know if that affects the transmission temperature.
02:29
Go out of Summit County.
02:34
That worked through the transmission, so it could be doing that.
02:37
I always just try to make sure that even if I'm using the retarder, that I'm in the kind of same gear range as well.
02:46
Copy. We'll do.
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Silverthorne, CO 80498
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