Matiz - SG 99 - Overheating problem I own a matiz SG 1999 model. It has done around 59000 kms and i am facing a problem in it for the past 2 months.
I travel around 35 kms to office everyday. In the morning car runs fine but while coming back, once the car has done around 20-25 kms it starts overheating when being driven at slow speed of its idle. This generally happens when there is hot weather (car stands out throughout the day). I got it checked at the service centre and they flushed the radiator, cleaned it and put an extra solution along with coolant. After that car ran well for some time (the weather also cooled off cuz of rains). Now that the heat is back the car is giving same problem. in the morning car doesnt give any troble at all.
One thing that i noticed is that Once i switch on the A/C the temperature gauge returns to normal in few minutes.
Is it happening because the the radiator fan which kicks off once we switch on the AC is not kicking witout turning on the AC ?
some problem in thermostat ?
Please help ...........
Also yesterday, when i was stuck in trafffic jam and i switched on the AC to bring the temp down, the horn stopped working (very very low sound coming, u have to concentrate to listen) after few minutes and only when i drove the car for 5 mins after getting out of jam it started working again. does the battery needs to be changed ? i changed the battery in 2004 may, so more than 3 yrs now.
Please help in both the issues.......thanks again guys |