I was driving down I85 this morning at about 75MPH, and I saw this light flash on / off that I had not seen before. I slowed down, and moved over to the right lanes but it didn't come on again. All the guages looked good, and no other lights came on.

So, when I got to work I turned the car off and then back to the pre-ignition point to see what the light was. It was the low coolant level light. Weird; I just had the thing in for service and they "topped off all fluids". I'll have to check it before I go home when its cool enough to open up.

 

Is there any chance it was the low oil level light you saw? There's a TSB for the earlier cars where the oil light can come on after periods of highway driving at a certain RPM:
http://www.finishlineperformance.com.../01_027_03.htm

They came out with a revised oil pan design that eliminates the false dummy light.

 

my dealership said that they "topped off the fluids" as well, but when i went to check on the the windshield wiper fluid, it was still empty.

 

No, it was definitely the low coolant light. After close inspection of the light I can see that it is supposed to look like a radiator. I confirmed it in the book.

I had the oil pan TSB done last year; that light hasn't come on since.

Chrisbert

 

This may be the answer...found it in another thread.
I'll try this. Thanks whomever you are.


"That is air in heater core. When you gently press the accelerator it "whooshes" the bubbles through it. The design of our coolant system is such that an annoying air pocket from Hiroshima lives in the coolant plumbing.

I noticed this from day one. I had a mechanic look at this and he said that placing the car on a steep incline (nose up)....and running the engine with the coolant resevoir cap off, will help air escape. Bringing the revs up and down will help push air bubbles around and hopefully into the resevoir.

I did this will him ......and the next day I started my car...the low coolant level light was on. It was low only by a tiny bit, so I added less than a pint of poland springs. Obviously we were able to burp out some air that was displacing the coolant and lowering the overall level a small amount.

BTW....carefull taking the resevoir cap off on a warm engine. Turn it half way with a rag over it and release air pressure first"