1996 Pontiac Grand Am Owner's Manual - Page 203

If No Steam Is Coming From Your Engine If you get the overheat warning but see or hear no steam, the problem may not b'e too serious. Sometimes normally. the engine can get a little hot when you: too If the warning continues,pull over, stop, and park your C b b a long hill on a hot day. vehicle right away. ' Stop after high-speed driving. If there's still no sign steam, you can idle the engine of Idle for long periods in traffic. if for two or three minutes while you're parked, to see the warning stops. But then, you still have the if Tow a trailer. warning, turn ojf the engine and get everyoneout o the f If you get the overheat warning with no signsteam, of vehicle until it cools down. try this for a minute so: or You may decide not.tolift the hood but to get service 1. If you have an air conditioner,turn it off. help right'away. 2 T r on your heater to full hot at the highest fan . un speed and open the window as necessary. 3. If you're in a traffic jam, shift toNEUTRAL (N); otherwise, shift to the highest gear while driving -- AUTOMATIC OVERDRIVE (D) .: 1 for automatic transaxles...;, + 1 ; If you no longer have the overheat warning, you can drive. Just to besafe, drive slower for about 10 minutes. If the warning doesn't come back on, you can drive , ! , , . r .-I? . ,*:, I I,3 I' ' :4?,+ 5-13