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My car overheated on the way to work today

On the way to work today my car overheated. I pulled over, waited a bit, and continued my drive home no problem. Could it be the thermostat or the radiator fans?

—submitted by Olivia on January 29th 2009 at 10:26am.


  • DannytheMechanic
  • Posts: 163

What are you basing the overheating on, did you see steam coming from the engine bay, did the temperature needle rise, did the overheat light on the instrument panel just blink, etc?


  • Olivia
  • Posts: 16

The overheat light blinked and the temp guage went all the way up.


  • DannytheMechanic
  • Posts: 163

Ok, so we have a definite overheater here. I forgot to ask before, what year and model do you have as well as what engine.


  • Olivia
  • Posts: 16

I have a 02 Jetta, not sure what engine but it is just a base model.


  • DannytheMechanic
  • Posts: 163

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  • Olivia
  • Posts: 16

Thank you so much, my husband is going to get started on it this weekend, if he gets stuck how do I get ahold of you?


  • DannytheMechanic
  • Posts: 163

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Danny