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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:
0
Climb a long hill
on
a
hot day.
0
Stop after high-speed driving.
0
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.
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
(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
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
ofthe 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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