Cvt light indicating over heating. Stops car lets it cool down and then completes his trip. Dealer could identify problem or diagnose the problem.

Recommend a trip to your local dealer or authorized mechanic to have your vehicle properly diagnosed.

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Better check your owners manual and ask your local Honda dealer service person, before doing so. CVT tranny has been annoying for many with them, as they seem to fail and require rebuild too often. The tranny is always shifting for best gear so it may overheat fast especially if it came with no heavy duty tranny oil cooler that is like a radiator but smaller, to cool the special CVT tranny fluid.I wouldnt try it, but check with the manufacturer dealer , Honda to confirm my guess its NO.

That's still under warranty, is it not? Take it to the dealer - let the manufacturer pay for the fix.

Something on the intake side of the motor may be loose sucking air casing the engine to compensate by adding more fuel

I do not know why your local Mitsubishi dealer cannot figure this one out. What you are describing is a known problem for which Mitsubishi has published a Technical Service Bulletin (TSB).

The problem is caused by incorrect transmission fluid levels and there is an updated dipstick included in the fix.
MITSUBISHI TSB REFERENCE NUMBER: TSB-10-23-005

You may also want to talk to your son about heeding warnings from your vehicle's onboard computer system. When the CVT transmission begins to overheat, the CVT light will come on, a warning chime will sound, and the words "SLOW DOWN" will be displayed in the Muti-informational Display. This will occur LONG before the vehicle goes into "REDUCED POWER" mode. If he would slow down as he is being told to, the warnings will extinguish themselves as soon as the transmission fluid temperature drops to a safe level (which it will, if he slows down).

REDUCED POWER MODE is like an angry parent...."OK, you don't want to slow down like I told you to do, and you are going to destroy my transmission by ignoring my warnings, so I am shutting you down!!! You won't slow down, so I am slowing you down! Now, if you do not want this to continue, then you better start listening to me!"

Similar things will happen if you choose to ignore engine control or Brake/Traction Control warnings. The old days of ignoring warning lamps and running around with your dash lit up like a Christmas tree are over. There is a new sheriff in town called REDUCED POWER MODE.

the dealer didn't want to fix it so he fobbed you off
overheating could be low oil or over full and as it is a Ford product , probably has a sealed transmission so with the light on you take it seriously
I suggest that you take it to an accredited professional auto transmission shop and have it properly diagnosed
if it is a sensor , that will be a lot cheaper than a transmission

There is a damper that controls whether heat or cooling or somewhere between that is controlled by the temperature controls. A separate system is controlling the passenger side and the driver side heating and cooling. I hope this is still under warrantee. If not it might be a big job to diagnose whether the problem is in the heat and cool controller, the wiring or the damper device. I hope this helps.

before go to the dealer you can only do one thing, stop your car at flat floor for one our, then check oil level, if oil level lower or higher than lower level and maximum level it can be create engine light on, otherwise you have to go to the dealer and fix diagnose CPU in to your car and find what's the wrong, some time it's could be cam angle sensor faulty there are 4 cam angle sensors in your car have to be diagnose to find fault. however you must have to go to dealer for erase fault, is this information helped you?

the cvt transmissions have become a known issue, and nissan (in canada, not sure about usa) has since offered an extended warranty to 200000 KM ( 120000 M ).

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