TORQUE CONVERTER PROTECTIVE ACTIONS FOR HIGH SEVERITY CUSTOMERS

A torque converter management system includes a torque converter having a clutch and a torus. The torque converter management system includes memory hardware that stores instructions, that, when executed on data processing hardware of the system, cause the system to perform operations for protecting the torque converter. The operations include receiving torque converter temperature associated with the torque converter. The operations further include obtaining a torque converter protection schedule including one or more torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperatures each having an associated torque converter protective action and determining whether the torque converter temperature(s) exceeds a first one of the torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperatures. When the first torque converter temperature exceeds the first one of the torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperatures, the system initiates a first torque converter protective action associated with the exceeded first torque converter protective action initiation threshold temperature.