Torque converter protective actions for high severity customers

A system comprising:

• a torque converter including a clutch and a torus;
• data processing hardware;
• and
• memory hardware in communication with the data processing hardware, the memory hardware storing instructions that when executed on the data processing hardware cause the data processing hardware to perform operations comprising:
• receiving a torque converter temperature associated with the torque converter;
• obtaining a torque converter protection schedule including a plurality of torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperatures each having a unique associated torque converter protective action;
• determining whether the torque converter temperature exceeds a first torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperature;
• and
• when the torque converter temperature exceeds the first torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperature, initiating a first torque converter protective action associated with the exceeded first torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperature.

A computer program product encoded on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that when executed by a data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a torque converter temperature associated with a torque converter;
• obtaining a torque converter protection schedule including a plurality torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperatures each having a unique associated torque converter protective action;
• determining whether the torque converter temperature exceeds a first torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperature;
• when the torque converter temperature exceeds the first torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperature, initiating a first torque converter protective action associated with the exceeded first torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperature;
• determining whether the torque converter temperature exceeds a second one of the torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperatures greater than the first torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperature;
• and
• when the torque converter temperature exceeds the second one of the torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperatures, (i) sustaining the first torque converter protective action, and (ii) requesting a second torque converter protective action different than the first torque converter protective action.