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Transmission overheat alert pops up on my Hyundai Creta DCT in traffic

I had to pull over to the side and stop driving for about 10 min and then resume my journey.

BHPian tiagoatrix recently shared this with other enthusiasts.

Realized that DCT is not meant for heavy traffic.

Yesterday I was stuck in a massive traffic jam, it was like start /stop kind of traffic. Finally got the transmission overheat message, so had to pull over to the side and stop driving for about 10 mins. Luckily resumed journey after that.

Avoid purchasing DCT if your intended usage is primarily city use, in dense traffic.

I would recommend an extensive test drive before buying.

Here's what BHPian MyLife_MyCar had to say on the matter:

How long were you stuck in traffic for? Is this the first time you were stuck in a traffic that long?

BHPian tiagoatrix replied:

I was in traffic for about 20-30 minutes.Had faced longer traffic, but this one was a creeping traffic, stop - accelerate - break, couldn't shift to N or use auto hold.

Usually I shift to N in traffic.

But, after about 10 minutes of stop, I could resume driving. Will update in future.

Here's what BHPian sudeepmehrotra had to asy on the matter:

I see you have driven this car for about 16k km already. A few queries:

  • Is it the first time you faced this issue?
  • Has your driving been in similar weather / temperatures historically since purchasing? I see the outside temperature is 40 deg in this case.
  • Has your car usage largely been city traffic all this while, or a large part has been highway traffic etc?

BHPian tiagoatrix replied:

  • Yes that was the first time I had faced that warning.
  • Outside temp was around 30 deg celcius, I'm from Tamil Nadu, so I've been driving in higher temperatures, but possibly that was worst traffic that I had faced.
  • My run is 90% highways, I wouldn't have bought DCT if my primary usage was city.

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