If Your Vehicle Overheats; Correction Procedures - Toyota VIOS Owner's Manual

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8-2. Steps to take in an emergency

If your vehicle overheats

The following may indicate that your vehicle is overheating:
● The high engine coolant temperature warning light (P. 524)
comes on or flashes, or a loss of engine power is experienced. (For
example, the vehicle speed does not increase.)
● Vehicles with a multi-information display: The warning message
indicating overheat is shown on the multi-information display.
(P. 535)
● Steam comes out from under the hood.

Correction procedures

1
Stop the vehicle in a safe place and turn off the air conditioning sys-
tem, and then stop the engine.
2 If you see steam:
Carefully lift the hood after the steam subsides.
If you do not see steam:
Carefully lift the hood.
3
After the engine has cooled
down sufficiently, inspect the
hoses and radiator core (radia-
tor) for any leaks.
1
Radiator
2
Cooling fan
If a large amount of coolant leaks,
immediately contact your Toyota
dealer.
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