Temperature Gauge REALLY HOT!
 

So its been super cold in seattle and i was driving home from work today and noticed that my temp gauge was at the hottest point. I pulled over and there was no smoke comming from my radiator and no leakage. whats goin on?

Worst case scenario: Either your thermostat and/or water pump is failing. Coolant from your radiator is not getting to your engine.

Best case scenario: Temp sensor is faulty.

In either case, get it checked ASAP. Do not drive with your temp gauge reading in the red. Continuous running of an overheated engine will cause a serious case of detonation.

Thanks for the info, im gonna go check on my coolant level, hopefully it was just a fluke for the night. the car seemed to drive normally.

Just took the x for a spin and dropped of my gf to work, everything back to normal soo far, didnt go on the freeway yet.

Radiator may have iced up causing the issue if the snow pack in your rad impedes too much airflow it can cause the car to run hot

hey head, sounds like thats what might have happend.

Mine did the dame thing about 3 weeks ago when travelling over a mountain pass here in British Columbia - had the X running for a few minutes before actually leaving - was reading really hot so I pulled over to check - couldn't find anything that appeared wrong - when I restarted the engine everything was normal again.

hey siberian. so nothing wierd has happend since. i thought it was really wierd. it was super cold and my car was parked for about 7 hours and i heated it up before driving. i didnt notice until i had already driven about 5 miles and was like oh crap that doesnt look right. i pulled my car over and could find nothing wrong

No nothing weird has happened since - I think it might have something to do with having the X idle for a few minutes to warm up before leaving - I think I read somewhere that you aren't supposed to do that with this engine.

hmmm. thats good to know :) hopefully mine is the same