If Trouble Arises; Handling Procedure; Warning/Indicator Lights and Warning Sounds- Page 442

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If Trouble Arises

Warning/Indicator Lights and Warning Sounds

 Signal 

 Warning 

 (Red)

  High  Engine  Coolant 

Temperature Warning 

Light

 The  light  fl ashes when the engine coolant temperature is extremely high, and 
illuminates when the engine coolant temperature increases further.

Handling Procedure
Flashing light

  Drive slowly to reduce engine load until you can fi nd a safe place to stop the vehicle 
and wait for the engine to cool down.

Illuminated light

  This indicates the possibility of overheating. Park the vehicle in a safe place 
immediately and stop the engine.
  Refer  to  Overheating   7-19 .

CAUTION

  Do not drive the vehicle with the high engine coolant temperature warning light 
illuminated. Otherwise, it could result in damage to the engine.    

 Power  Steering 

Malfunction Indicator 

Light

 The light illuminates/fl ashes if the electric power steering has a malfunction.
  If the light illuminates/fl ashes, stop the vehicle in a safe place and do not operate the 
steering wheel. There is no problem if the light turns off after a while. Contact an 
Authorized Mazda Dealer if the light illuminates/fl ashes continuously.

   NOTE

y

If the indicator light illuminates/fl ashes, the power steering will not operate normally. 

If this happens, the steering wheel can still be operated, however, the operation may 
feel heavy compared to normal, or the steering wheel could vibrate when turning. 

y

Repeatedly jerking the steering wheel left and right while the vehicle is stopped or 

moving extremely slowly will cause the power steering system to go into protective 
mode which will make the steering feel heavy, but this does not indicate a problem. If 
this occurs, park the vehicle safely and wait several minutes for the system to return 
to  normal.