Maintenance and Specifications
How fail-safe cooling works
Iftheenginebeginstooverheat:
•
Theenginecoolanttemperature
gaugewillmovetothered(hot)
area.
H
•
•
The
illuminate.
and
symbolwill
C
TheServiceEngineSoon
indicatorlightwillilluminate.
Iftheenginereachesapresetover-temperaturecondition,theengine
willautomaticallyswitchtoalternatingcylinderoperation.Eachdisabled
cylinderactsasanairpumpandcoolstheengine.
Whenthisoccursthevehiclewillstilloperate.However:
•
•
Theenginepowerwillbelimited.
Theairconditioningsystemwillbedisabled.
Continuedoperationwillincreasetheenginetemperatureandtheengine
willcompletelyshutdown,causingsteeringandbrakingeffortto
increase.
Oncetheenginetemperaturecools,theenginecanbere-started.Take
yourvehicletoaservicefacilityassoonaspossibletominimizeengine
damage.
When fail-safe mode is activated
Youhavelimitedenginepowerwheninthefail-safemode,sodrivethe
vehiclewithcaution.Thevehiclewillnotbeabletomaintainhigh-speed
operationandtheenginewillrunrough.Rememberthattheengineis
capableofcompletelyshuttingdownautomaticallytopreventengine
damage,therefore:
1.
2.
3.
4.
Pullofftheroadassoonassafelypossibleandturnofftheengine.
Arrangeforthevehicletobetakentoaservicefacility.
Ifthisisnotpossible,waitashortperiodfortheenginetocool.
Checkthecoolantlevelandreplenishiflow.
Neverremovethecoolantreservoircapwhiletheengineis
runningorhot.
5.
Re-starttheengineandtakeyourvehicletoaservicefacility.
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| Model Year | 2002 |
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