2005 Jeep Liberty Owners Manual

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IFYOURENGINEOVERHEATS
In  any  of  the  follow ing situ ations,  you   can  red uce the
potential   for  overheating   by  taking  the  approp  riate  ac-
tion.
If the  pointer   rises  to  the  “H”  (hot  mark)   on a  vehicle
equ ipped  with agasolineengine   , pull  over and  stop  the
vehicle.  Do not  turn  the  engine  off. Idle the  vehicle  with
the  air  cond itioning  turned   off,  until  the  pointer   drop s
back  into the  norm al range.
On  the highw ays  — Slow  down.
In city  traffic — While  stop ped, put  transm ission  in N
(Neutral),  but  do  not  increase  engine  idle  speed .
CAUTION!
NOTE:   There are  step s that  you can  take  to slow  down
an impend  ing overheat   cond ition. If you r air cond itioner
is on, turn  it off. The air cond itioning  system  adds  heat  to
the   engine   cooling   system   and   turning   off  the   A/ C
rem oves  this  heat.  You  can  also  turn   the  Temperatu  re
Control  to maxim um heat,  the Mod e Control  to floor, and
the Fan Control  to High.  This allow s the heater  core to  act
as a supplement   to the rad iator and  aid s in rem oving heat
from  the engine   cooling system  .
Driving with a hot cooling system could damage
your vehicle. If the temperature gauge reads “H”,
pulloverandstopthevehicle.Idlethevehiclewith
theairconditionerturnedoffuntilthepointerdrops
backintothenormalrange.Ifthepointerremainson
the “H”, and you hear continuous chimes, turn the
engineoffimmediately,andcallforservice.
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