If Your Vehicle Overheats; If Your Vehicle  Overheats - Toyota Prius 2011 Manual

5-2. Steps to take in an emergency

If your vehicle overheats

The following may indicate that your vehicle is overheating:
● The high coolant temperature warning light comes on or flashes:
The engine may be overheating.
● "HYBRID SYSTEM OVERHEAT" is shown on the multi-informa-
tion display:
The power control unit may be overheating.
Follow the correction procedure as described below.
Correction procedures
If the high coolant temperature warning light comes on or
■
flashes
STEP 1
Stop the vehicle in a safe place and turn off the air condition-
ing system.
STEP 2
Check to see if steam is coming out from under the hood.
If you see steam: 
Stop the hybrid system. Carefully lift the hood after the
steam subsides and then restart the hybrid system.
If you do not see steam:
Leave the hybrid system operating and carefully lift the
hood.
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