Stuck Thermostat

[snork]

Just under 37k on my 09 4.6. Drove to work this morning and notice the engine temp was down at zero on the gauge. Came to notice the heat wasn't too great neither. Got slowed up in traffic and engine temp came up, traffic cleared up and temps promptly dropped as I got back up to speed. I live in North NJ so it was only ~32°F this morning...looks like my thermostat is stuck open

Dropping it off at the dealer on the way home...it's due for an oil change anyway

 

[scottdk]

Just under 37k on my 09 4.6. Drove to work this morning and notice the engine temp was down at zero on the gauge. Came to notice the heat wasn't too great neither. Got slowed up in traffic and engine temp came up, traffic cleared up and temps promptly dropped as I got back up to speed. I live in North NJ so it was only ~32°F this morning...looks like my thermostat is stuck open

Dropping it off at the dealer on the way home...it's due for an oil change anyway

Glad the modern thermostats are the "fail safe" designs that fail open and not closed

 

[snork]

Yeah, better open than closed I suppose and not stuck with an overheated car

 

[snork]

Ugh..well pray that your thermostat doesn't break. It's covered under warranty, but apparently the Tau V8 uses some fancy thermostat that no one has locally and had to be ordered Car will be in the shop 3 days for a friggin thermostat and they're out of loaners

 

[Vince2]

muy desesperantes!!

My car was damaged (minor scrape, lower front fender) by Hyundai service department. They agreed to repair it (Uh Yes!!) and I waited 3 weeks for a loaner...I tired of the wait and had them fix it without providing a loaner. Now I use a different Hyundai dealership for service.