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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nasher75" data-source="post: 31721" data-attributes="member: 11870">My mother-in-law has a 2022 Equinox AWD and since my father-in-law passed away last year, I have taken over doing the maintenance and repairs on this vehicle.  It has relatively low miles 38K and it seems like these care have there more than fair share of problems.  The latest was a hard clunking shift when car was upshifting after hill climbs.  She lives in the mountains so this is just normal driving.  As it is under warranty, I suggested she just make an appointment to have the dealer look at it, but since she very limited on budget she asked me to look at it first.  I agreed I would do a trans fluid change and see if the situation improves, but want her to take it to the dealer if the problem persists, since that would indicate a transmission component problem.Any way, I am here because I did the fluid change a few days ago and found it difficult to follow the process due to the difficult access to the fill cap.  When the car is cool, I can snake my arm under the radiator hose along the front of the engine to do the initial 4qt fill after draining.  The challenge I face is how to access that cap after driving the 15-20 minutes to get trans up to operating temp for level check.  For me and this particular model/configuration, there is no way to access that cap to remove cap if it requires a top off after getting up to temp.  And you must drive this ting to get trans up to temp.  At first, I just let it idle for 20-30 minutes, but when I pulled the level plug, it gushed and the fluid was barely warm.Any tips/tricks to getting the cap removed when the engine is screaming hot?  I am actually considering just leaving the cap off for the drive cycle the next time I do this service.  Good news is that the hard clunking shifts have not returned since fluid change, but I still plan to do another drain and fill in a couple weeks just to get most of the factory fluid cycled out of there.Appreciate any tips</blockquote>

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