Cadillac 2010 DTS Owner's Manual

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ENGINE OVERHEATED IDLE ENGINENotice: If you drive your vehicle while the engine isoverheating, severe engine damage may occur. If anoverheat warning appears on the instrument panelcluster and/or DIC, stop the vehicle as soon aspossible. Do not increase the engine speed abovenormal idling speed. See Engine Overheating onpage 6‑29 for more information.This message displays when the engine coolanttemperature is too hot. Stop and allow the vehicleto idle until it cools down. See Engine CoolantTemperature Warning Light on page 4‑54.See Overheated Engine Protection Operating Mode onpage 6‑32 for information on driving to a safe place inan emergency.ENGINE OVERHEATED STOP ENGINENotice: If you drive your vehicle while the engine isoverheating, severe engine damage may occur. If anoverheat warning appears on the instrument panelcluster and/or DIC, stop the vehicle as soon aspossible. See Engine Overheating on page 6‑29 formore information.This message displays when the engine hasoverheated. Immediately look for a safe place to pullyour vehicle over and turn the engine off right away toavoid severe engine damage. See Engine Overheatingon page 6‑29 and Overheated Engine ProtectionOperating Mode on page 6‑32. A chime also soundswhen this message is displayed.ENGINE POWER REDUCEDThis message displays when the engine power isbeing reduced to protect the engine from damage.There could be several malfunctions that might causethis message. Reduced engine power can affect thevehicle's ability to accelerate. If this message is on,but there is no reduction in performance, proceed toyour destination. The performance may be reduced thenext time the vehicle is driven. The vehicle may bedriven at a reduced speed while this message is on, butacceleration and speed may be reduced. Anytime thismessage stays on, the vehicle should be taken to yourdealer for service as soon as possible.4-69