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NOTICE:
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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:
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Climb a long hill
on
a hot day.
Stop after high speed driving.
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Idle for long periods in traffic.
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
(a)
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, 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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