Anyone ever overheated?
 

I'm wondering what happens when the car overheats. Is there a warning light, or does the car have some sort of a safety kill switch to prevent damage? I'm still scratching my head as to why they didn't bother to include a gauge with this generation.

@faeker; has overheated

There's a red idiot light that turns on similar to the blue "cold" light in 2012+ models. I still monitor coolant temp with my AP because I don't trust that light to turn on in time to tell me that something's wrong.

As for why there's no temp gauge, well, you could ask that about a lot of gauges that have disappeared since the old days like oil pressure.

by the time that light comes on, it's probably too late. I watch my coolant temps on my AP now. $3500 lesson learned.

I over heated once, and my car told me by cutting off the AC and I looked and saw my temps for almost pegged on the dash so I pulled over and put water in temps dropped right back down and I kept going.

I also noticed once when I got really low on gas the car also turned off the AC, and I have found it to be an effective warning mechanism when your ac quits blowing cold shit is going down.

my idiot light never came on, I just noticed the AC cut out and then looked at my gauges and noticed the temp. i have had recurring issues of coolant loss with a head gasket issue I have since fixed and I no longer lose coolant.

FWIW I has Gen 1

Thanks for the replies. I was wondering if I could put off getting something to monitor the temp, but I'm thinking I might just get an ultragauge till I need an AP.

You could also get the Torque app and a bluetooth OBD2 adapter.

What is making you worry so much about the car overheating? Issues/problems with the cooling system?

My sometimes absent mindedness to check fluid levels mostly. Also plan on having this till high miles so want to be sure it is taken care of.

I like the torque app, but I use my phone while I drive, so having the extra screen is a must.

Better safe than sorry. There are a few threads on how to check and flush the coolant system, give that bad boy a once over now that you have it on your mind. Good luck.

Speed 6 did.. Found out the sensor was faulty even though no code was thrown.. replaced it and it never showed hot temp again.. I was like theres no way its hot. I got out felt the radiator/motor/etc.. It just didn't feel like the gauge was saying. Turned out to be a bad sensor