Every once and a bit I'll run up a mountain road here... a lot of S-Turns, uphill, 2nd gear high RPM's action. When the outside temp is over 70° F, the engine gets close to overheating toward the end of the run. Since i'm in a 5AT it will upshift to 4th and stay in that gear until I restart the engine. I usually just pull off and leave it running so the fans and rad can do their work.

My radiator coolant level is fine... so i'm not sure if this is normal or not for this car. Didn't have this problem with my previous car and it had a pretty small radiator.

Anyone had similar issues? Maybe I need to flush my coolant and refill it...

 

You may have air in the coolant system. Do a search on the subject to find a solution.

You car should never overheat in conditions like that.

 

i strongly agree, one i test drove did this and after some research that was the prob, i didnt buy that one!!!