If
No
Steam
Is
Coming From
Your
Engine
If you get the overheat warning but see or hear no
steam, the problem may not be
too
serious. Sometimes
the engine can get a
little
too hot when you:
Climb a long
hill
on a hot day.
Stop after high-speed driving.
Idle for long periods in traffic.
Tow
a
trailer.
If you get the overheat warning with no sign
of
steam,
try this for a minute or
so:
1.
Turn off your air conditioner.
2.
Turn on your heater to
full
hot at the highest fan
speed and open the window as necessary.
3.
If
you’re
in
a traffic jam, shift to NEUTRAL
(N);
otherwise, shift to the highest gear while
driving
--
AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE
(@I)
or
THIRD
(3).
If you no longer have the overheat warning, you
can drive.
Just
to be safe, drive slower for about
10
minutes. If the warning doesn’t come back on,
you can drive normally.
If
the warning continues, pull over, stop, and park your
vehicle right away.
If
there’s still no sign of steam, you can idle the engine
for two or three minutes while you’re parked, to see
if
the warning stops. But then,
if
you still have the
warning,
turn
off
the
engiue
and
get
everyo1w
out
of
the
~~ehic‘Ie
until
it
cools down.
You may decide not to lift the hood but to get service
help right away.
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