2016 CADILLAC ELR coolant temperature

Cadillac ELR Owner Manual (GMNA-Localizing-U.S/Canada-9087644) -
2016 - crc - 9/17/15
Vehicle Care 251
Warning (Continued)
overheat warning. The engine
could catch fire and you or others
could be burned. Use a 50/
50 mixture of deionized water and
DEX-COOL coolant.
Use a 50/50 mixture of deionized
water and DEX-COOL coolant.
If using this mixture, nothing else
needs to be added. This mixture:
. Gives freezing protection down
to−37 °C (−34 °F), outside
temperature.
. Gives boiling protection up to
129 °C (265 °F), engine
temperature.
. Protects against rust and
corrosion.
. Will not damage aluminum parts.
. Helps keep the proper engine
temperature.
Caution
If improper coolant mixture,
inhibitors, or additives are used in
the vehicle cooling system, the
engine could overheat and be
damaged. Too much deionized
water or clean drinkable water
can freeze and crack engine
cooling parts. The repairs would
not be covered by the vehicle
warranty. Use only the proper
mixture of engine coolant for the
cooling system. See
Recommended Fluids and
Lubricants 0327.
Never dispose of engine coolant by
putting it in the trash, pouring it on
the ground, or into sewers, streams,
or bodies of water. Have the coolant
changed by an authorized service
center, familiar with legal
requirements regarding used
coolant disposal. This will help
protect the environment and your
health.
Checking Coolant
The vehicle must be on a level
surface when checking the coolant
level.
Check to see if coolant is visible in
the coolant surge tank. If the coolant
inside the coolant surge tank is
boiling, do not do anything else until
it cools down. If coolant is visible
but the coolant level is not at or
above the cold fill mark, add a 50/
50 mixture of deionized water and
DEX-COOL coolant at the coolant
surge tank, but be sure the cooling
system is cool before this is done.
See Engine Overheating 0253
The coolant reservoir is located on
the passenger side of the engine
compartment. See Engine
Compartment Overview 0242.
The coolant level should be at or
above the cold fill line on the
coolant surge tank. If it is not, there
could be a leak in the cooling
system.
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3. Fill the coolant surge tank withthe proper mixture to the cold
fill line.
4. Replace the pressure cap. Be sure the pressure cap is
hand-tight and fully seated.
Caution
If the pressure cap is not tightly
installed, coolant loss and
possible engine damage may
occur. Be sure the cap is properly
and tightly secured.
Engine Overheating
The vehicle has an indicator to warn
of engine overheating.
If the decision is made not to lift the
hood when this warning appears,
get service help right away. See
Roadside Service 0336.
If the decision is made to lift the
hood, make sure the vehicle is
parked on a level surface.
Then check to see if the engine
cooling fans are running. If the
engine is overheating, the fans
should be running. If they are not,
do not continue to run the vehicle
and have the vehicle serviced.
Caution
Running the engine without
coolant may cause damage or a
fire. Vehicle damage would not be
covered by the vehicle warranty.
Washer Fluid
What to Use
When adding windshield washer
fluid to the vehicle, be sure to read
the manufacturer's instructions
before use. If operating the vehicle
in an area where the temperature
may fall below freezing, use a fluid
that has sufficient protection against
freezing.
Adding Washer Fluid
Open the cap with the washer
symbol on it. Add washer fluid until
the tank is full. See Engine
Compartment Overview 0242 for
reservoir location.
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2016 - crc - 9/17/15
Index 359
Continuous DampingControl (CDC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Control Traction and ElectronicStability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
Control of a Vehicle . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Convex Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Coolant Engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Engine TemperatureWarning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . . . 248, 249 Engine Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Courtesy Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Courtesy Transportation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202 Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Cruise Control, Adaptive . . . . . . . . 204
Cupholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Customer Assistance . . . . . . . . . . . 335 Offices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Text Telephone (TTY)Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Customer Information Service PublicationsOrdering Information . . . . . . . . 342 Customer Satisfaction
Procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
D
Damage Repair, Collision . . . . . . . 340
Danger, Warning, and Caution . . . . 2
Data Recorders, Event . . . . . . . . . 345
Daytime Running
Lamps (DRL) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Defensive Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Delayed Charging Override . . . . . 223
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Diagnostics OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 351
Display Center Stack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Distracted Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
Dome Lamps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Door
Ajar Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Ajar Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Power Locks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Drive Belt Routing, Engine . . . . . . 332
Drive Mode Messages . . . . . . . . . . 137
Drive Unit Electric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Driver Assistance Systems . . . . . 211 Driver Efficiency Gauge . . . . . . . . 109
Driver Information
Center (DIC) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Driver Mode Control . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
Driver Selected Operating Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
Driving
Assistance Systems . . . . . . . . . . 214
Competitive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Defensive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Drunk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Hill and Mountain Roads . . . . . . 177
If the Vehicle is Stuck . . . . . . . . . 179
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Off-Road Recovery . . . . . . . . . . . 175
Vehicle Load Limits . . . . . . . . . . . 179
Wet Roads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Winter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Driving for Better Energy Efficiency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Dual Automatic Climate
Control System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
E
Easy Entry Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Electric Drive Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
Electric Drive Unit Messages . . . 137
Electric Drive Unit Shift LockControl Function Check . . . . . . . 258
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360 Index
Electric Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . . . 195
Electric Parking Brake Light . . . . 115
Electrical Equipment,Add-On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Electrical Requirements for Battery Charging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Electrical System Engine Compartment FuseBlock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Instrument Panel Fuse
Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266, 268
Overload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Rear Compartment Fuse Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
Emergency
OnStar
®. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
Energy Efficiency Driving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Energy Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Engine Air Cleaner/Filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Check and Service EngineSoon Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Compartment Overview . . . . . . . 242
Coolant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Coolant Temperature
Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118 Engine (cont'd)
Cooling System . . . . . . . . . . 248, 249
Cooling System Messages . . . 137
Drive Belt Routing . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Exhaust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Oil Life System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
Oil Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Oil Pressure Light . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Overheating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Running While Parked . . . . . . . . 193
Engine Unavailable Out of Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Entry Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Event Data Recorders . . . . . . . . . . 345
Exit Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Extended Range Mode . . . . . . . . . 187
Extender, Safety Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Exterior Lamp Controls . . . . . . . . . 156
Exterior Lamps Off Reminder . . . 158
Exterior Lighting Battery Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
F
FeaturesMemory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Filter, Engine Air Cleaner . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Flashers, Hazard Warning . . . . . . 159 Flat Tire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Floor Mats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Fluid
Brakes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Washer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Folding Mirrors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Forward Collision Alert (FCA) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214
Frequency Statement Radio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 343
Front Automatic Braking
(FAB) System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Front Seats Heated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230 Additives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Filling a Portable Fuel
Container . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
Filling the Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Foreign Countries . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
Gauge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . .119
Requirements, California . . . . . 230
System Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Function Check
Electric Drive Unit ShiftLock Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
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362 Index
L
Labeling, Tire Sidewall . . . . . . . . . . 274
LampsCourtesy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Daytime Running (DRL) . . . . . . 158
Dome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Exterior Controls . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Exterior Lamps OffReminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Exterior Lighting Battery
Saver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
License Plate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Malfunction Indicator . . . . . . . . . .113
Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
On Reminder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Lane Change Alert (LCA) . . . . . . . 218
Lane Departure Warning (LDW) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Lane Departure Warning Light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Lap-Shoulder Belt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
LATCH System Replacing Parts after a
Crash . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
LATCH, Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
LED Lighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260 Lifting the Vehicle, Tires . . . . . . . . 237
Light
Ready Indicator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Vehicle Ready . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Lighting Entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Illumination Control . . . . . . . . . . . 160
LED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Lights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Airbag Readiness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
Antilock Brake System
(ABS) Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Brake System Warning . . . . . . . .114
Charging System . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Cruise Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Door Ajar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Electric Parking Brake . . . . . . . . .115
Engine Coolant Temperature Warning . . . . . . . .118
Engine Oil Pressure . . . . . . . . . . .119
Flash-to-Pass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
High-Beam On . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
High/Low Beam Changer . . . . . 158
Lane Departure Warning . . . . . . .116
Low Fuel Warning . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Safety Belt Reminders . . . . . . . . .110
Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119 Lights (cont'd)
Service Electric Parking
Brake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
StabiliTrak
®OFF . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Tire Pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Traction Control System (TCS)/StabiliTrak
®. . . . . . . . . . .117
Traction Off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Locks
Automatic Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Delayed Locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Lockout Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Power Door . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Loss of Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
Low Fuel Warning Light . . . . . . . . . 119
Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (LATCH
System) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Lumbar Adjustment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Front Seats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
M
MaintenanceRecords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Maintenance and Care Additional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Maintenance Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
Maintenance Schedule . . . . . . . . . 318
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