Posted: Jan 05 2005 at 2:33pm | IP Logged

I pull a large camper. The weight is under 9600 pounds. The transmission cooler gauge runs a the top of the gauge the whole time. I took in to the dealer and found no problem. Does anyone else have this problem? I bought the pickup to pull my camper. I get about 6-7 miles per gallon(horrible)pulling my camper. I should have bought a diesel.

Jim

Posted: Jan 05 2005 at 3:42pm | IP Logged

I saw some similiar posts on the Titan Talk forum many mos. back- during the summer.

I recall that if you pull a heavy trailer in 5th gear you'll get hot. Pulling in 4th knocks the temp back into the normal range. May has to do with the torque converter and the trans essentially being in overdrive. Also if you use the TOW MODE switch that may help. However I think the T-mode only holds the shifts longer in 1,2 maybe 3.

Your gas mileage may even improve since pulling in 4th may put the engine more into the power band. Hey , doesn't cost to try it.

Posted: Feb 03 2005 at 8:11am | IP Logged

I took my truck in again for the same problem. I had a bad transmission cooler. They told me you can tow in 5th gear on the highway.

Jim

Posted: Jul 26 2005 at 2:32pm | IP Logged

The Titan does have a ~9100lbs towing capacity but if you are towing a camper or anything else close to that wt with that big of a wind resistance on the highway for a extended amount of time you are asking for trouble.