beemill
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My wife's 2011 KK is in Vermont (-9 degrees) and has shut off twice now. First time she said it had been running for over an hour and the temp gauge hadn't budged at all. The ETC light and check engine light were on also (know she should have stopped the car well before an hour went by but it is what it is at this point). The car then shut off itself. After about 20 minutes of waiting for triple A it started back up and the temp gauge moved to middle and the warning lights went off except for the check engine. Triple A came and checked fluids and said it was somewhat common and likely was a pocket of frozen fluid somewhere that needed to thaw.
She started heading home (NC) and 10 minutes later the same symptoms repeated itself and the car shut off again before she could get back to her friends house. She said the second time that the temp gauge was actually going from total cold to the highest temp and back.
Thermostat?
Mid November this year I did a coolant flush to fix the heat (dealer wanted to replace the heater core). I flushed water from our hose through both directions into the heater core and both directions in the pipes going to and from the heater core lines. I ran a synthetic flush+cleaner through the car twice and flushed with distilled water in between each. I used mopar coolant from the dealer. Is there anything I might have screwed up doing that? Maybe the 50/50 coolant just froze b/c of the extreme cold in VT?
The car was also recently at the dealer to have the steering rack re-replaced. That was Dec 8th. It was just back to get the alignment done. I'm thinking those things wouldn't have impacted this issue but there's no telling.
Getting a little nervous about what the dealer will say tomorrow (nothing open today). She'll need to get home quick and we're gonna be at their mercy as far as whatever they tell us needs to be done.
Any experience with the same issue and it's resolution would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
She started heading home (NC) and 10 minutes later the same symptoms repeated itself and the car shut off again before she could get back to her friends house. She said the second time that the temp gauge was actually going from total cold to the highest temp and back.
Thermostat?
Mid November this year I did a coolant flush to fix the heat (dealer wanted to replace the heater core). I flushed water from our hose through both directions into the heater core and both directions in the pipes going to and from the heater core lines. I ran a synthetic flush+cleaner through the car twice and flushed with distilled water in between each. I used mopar coolant from the dealer. Is there anything I might have screwed up doing that? Maybe the 50/50 coolant just froze b/c of the extreme cold in VT?
The car was also recently at the dealer to have the steering rack re-replaced. That was Dec 8th. It was just back to get the alignment done. I'm thinking those things wouldn't have impacted this issue but there's no telling.
Getting a little nervous about what the dealer will say tomorrow (nothing open today). She'll need to get home quick and we're gonna be at their mercy as far as whatever they tell us needs to be done.
Any experience with the same issue and it's resolution would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
