Help! High coolant temp light! (I think) ctscott! - Toyota Yaris Forums

jRoss · 05-29-2013, 03:09 AM

Sometimes when I shift kinda hard into either 2nd or 3rd gear, mostly only when I'm turning, I believe my high coolant temp light comes on. At least I think that's what it looks like, it's orange, two humps with a pole in the middle? I don't think my radiator fan is coming on! I just drove to Chicago and back so that may have done it. I don't think the car is actually overheating because the light doesn't stay on, correct? Kinda weird to me that it only happens when shifting and turning. Any insight would be great, I'd like to get this fixed ASAP cause I need my car all the time.

ilikerice · 05-29-2013, 03:47 AM

Sounds like tire pressure light as u describe it. Try adding air into the tires first

jRoss · 05-29-2013, 04:06 AM

No it's def not tire pressure, that stays on all the time cause my rims don't have sensors. It's on the left side of the cluster close to trac off.

jRoss · 05-29-2013, 05:31 AM

Used someone else's owners manual, low wiper fluid haha sorry just got freaked out on the way home from work

DebbyM46227 · 05-29-2013, 11:02 AM

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Originally Posted by jRoss

Used someone else's owners manual, low wiper fluid haha sorry just got freaked out on the way home from work

That freaked me out too the first time I saw it while shifting gears - but I knew it wasn't the coolant light.

TOLMACH · 05-29-2013, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by jRoss

Used someone else's owners manual, low wiper fluid haha sorry just got freaked out on the way home from work

had the same problem couple weeks ago.. )) had to accelerate several times to diagnose the problem ))

05-29-2013, 03:09 AM	#1
jRoss Drives: 2010 5spd sedan Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 137	Help! High coolant temp light! (I think) ctscott! Sometimes when I shift kinda hard into either 2nd or 3rd gear, mostly only when I'm turning, I believe my high coolant temp light comes on. At least I think that's what it looks like, it's orange, two humps with a pole in the middle? I don't think my radiator fan is coming on! I just drove to Chicago and back so that may have done it. I don't think the car is actually overheating because the light doesn't stay on, correct? Kinda weird to me that it only happens when shifting and turning. Any insight would be great, I'd like to get this fixed ASAP cause I need my car all the time.

05-29-2013, 03:47 AM	#2
ilikerice Drives: 2010 black yaris Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: savannah, ga Posts: 2,868	Sounds like tire pressure light as u describe it. Try adding air into the tires first __________________ -Derrick- "Racing is important to men who do it well. When you're racing... It's life. Anything that happens before or after, is just waiting."

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05-29-2013, 04:06 AM	#3
jRoss Drives: 2010 5spd sedan Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 137	No it's def not tire pressure, that stays on all the time cause my rims don't have sensors. It's on the left side of the cluster close to trac off.

05-29-2013, 05:31 AM	#4
jRoss Drives: 2010 5spd sedan Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 137	Used someone else's owners manual, low wiper fluid haha sorry just got freaked out on the way home from work