If
your engine catches fire because you keep driving with no
coolant, your vehicle can be badly damaged. The costly repairs
would not be covered by your warranty.
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. See “Driving on Grades’’
in
the Index.
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 driving
-
AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE
(0)
or
DRIVE
(D)
for
automatic transmissions.
If
you
no longer have the overheat warning, you can drive. Just to be safe,
drive slower for about
ten
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, push
the
accelerator until the engine speed is
about twice as fast as normal idle speed. Bring the engine speed back to
normal idle speed after two or three minutes. Now see
if
the warning stops.
But then, if
you
still have the warning,
turn
ofSthe
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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