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.
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Stop after high-speed driving.
Idle for long periods
in
traffic.
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Tow a trailer.
If
you get the overheat warning with no sign of steam,
try this for a minute or
so:
1.
If you have
an
air conditioner, turn it
off.
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
or
DRIVE
(D)
for automatic transmissions.
driving
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AUTOMATIC
OVERDRIVE
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If
you
no longer have the overheat warning, you
can
dnve.
Just to be safe, drive slower for about
10
minutes.
If
the
warning
doesn’t
come
back
on,
you can dnve 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 engine and get everyone out
of
the
vehicle
until it cools down.
You may decide not to lift the hood but to get service
help right away.
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