If No
Steam,Is
Coming
From
Your
Engine
If you no longer have the overheat warning, you can
If you get the overheat waning but
see
or hear no
the engine can get a little too hot when you:
drive. Just to be safe, drive slower for about
10
minutes.
If the warning doesn’t come back on, you can
~
steam, the problem may not be
too
serious. Sometimes drive normally.
I
Y
Y
’
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.
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
1
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.
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
(@)
or THIRD
(3).
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