What you should know about fail-safe cooling
If the engine coolant supply is depleted, this feature allows the vehicle to
be driven temporarily before incremental component damage is incurred.
The “fail-safe” distance depends on ambient temperatures, vehicle load
and terrain.
How fail-safe cooling works
•
Standard cluster
•
Optional cluster
If the engine begins to overheat:
•
the engine coolant temperature gauge will move to the H (hot) area
(if your vehicle is equipped with analog gauges).
•
the engine coolant temperature gauge will illuminate all eight bars and
a tone will sound every five seconds for one minute (if your vehicle is
equipped with digital gauges).
•
the
symbol will illuminate.
•
the
Check Engine
indicator light will illuminate.
If the engine reaches a preset over-temperature condition, the engine
will automatically switch to alternating cylinder operation. Each disabled
cylinder acts as an air pump and cools the engine.
TEMP
H
C
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M
H
C
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