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IFYOURENGINEOVERHEATS
In any of the following situations, you can reduce the
potential for overheating by taking the appropriate ac-
tion.
CAUTION!
Driving with a hot cooling system could damage
your vehicle. If temperature gauge reads “H”, pull
over and stop the vehicle. Idle the vehicle with the
air conditioner turned off until the pointer drops
backintothenormalrange.Ifthepointerremainson
the“H”,turntheengineoffimmediately,andcallfor
service.
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Onthehighways—Slowdown.
In city traffic — While stopped, put transmission in
neutral,butdonotincreaseengineidlespeed.
NOTE: Therearestepsthatyoucantaketoslowdown
animpendingoverheatcondition.Ifyourairconditioner
ison,turnitoff.Theairconditioningsystemaddsheatto
the engine cooling system and turning off the A/C
removes this heat. You can also turn the Temperature
controltomaximumheat,theModecontroltofloor,and
thefancontroltoHigh.Thisallowstheheatercoretoact
asasupplementtotheradiatorandaidsinremovingheat
fromtheenginecoolingsystem.
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Product Specification
Categories | Chrysler Manuals, Chrysler Pacifica Manuals |
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Model Year | 2006 |
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