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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:
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. 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.
otherwise, shift to the highest gear while
driving -- AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE (D) for
four-speed automatic or DRIVE (D) for three-speed
automatic transaxles.
3. If you're in a traffic jam, shift to NEUTRAL (N);
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 off the engine and get everyone out
o f
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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