so the other morning i went and started my car to go to work and it was pretty cold out and all of a sudden i see low coolant. but i checked the coolant and it wasnt low anybody know what could be wrong. and i have a 2006 ss/sc

 

did it go away once it was warmed up? if so, and it's full, was probably just because it was cold.

 

some of the guys here been getting that too including me. I was thinking possibly faulty sensor but since everyone else seems to be having the same issue, maybe it is cold weather. Just like the lean fuel code everyone was getting last year

 

I got the same message one morning & topped off the coolant with about a cup of coolant & have never seen it again. It seems the sensor senses any level change & throws the light as I have watched it closly & never had a problem since?

Just add a little coolant & drive on

 

Happens to me also when it's cold. It will go away when the car warms up.

 

i have to add my name to the list of the dreaded " low coolant" display. it just makes me a little paranoid.

 

Just recently I took my car to the dealership and they said it was a faulty indicator and they fixed it. I haven't had a problem since.

 

dealer changed my senor...said it had gotten stuck!

 

I got mine, but i think it was because it was cold and i was on a hill....haven't see it since. I will probably add some because its kinda low

 

Did you park on a hill? I parked on a slope one morning when it was pretty damn cold too and I got Low Coolant. Went away and never came back.

 

well, i shouldn't say hill. it was the incline to my driveway. it was at the top for about a day and i guess it rested and when i autostarted it probably read that it was low, but even when i leveled it off it seemed kinda low but the light went off. Im gonna add a little anywayz

 

the first time I saw my light come on was in the middle of the drag strip... now it comes on every time i turn on the car. I understand the cold and stuff, but what about when I was at the srtip? coolant seems full to me.

 

i get it once in a while when its cold or hot or whatever i just check my coolant and my intercooler fluid. sometimes they seem low sometimes not... its good the computer makes me think of it once in a while

 

I TOO, am a witness to the "low coolant" light on the gauges. I have an 07 ss/sc and the day i drove it off the lot..about 2 hours later i had started my *NEW* car and it flashed "low coolant". I thought.. ok it's new, maybe i should top it off.. SURE ENOUGH the next day it flashed "low coolant". Been doin it ever since. I took it to the Wickstrom Chevy (where i purchased it) to get my first oil change (for no charge ) and i asked the mechanic about possibly a faulty sensor? He said he has never seen/heard of anything like this..says there must be something "mechanically wrong".. man.. what is a brotha to do?

 

My son's Cobalt is doing the same thing since it has gotten cold out. When I put his snow tires on I added some coolant so it was just above the resivoir split in the center and haven't seen it since. Interesting that alot of other people are experincing the same thing. I drove his car for almost a year and never had the problem....guess cause it was parked in the garage.

 

quick question...my coolant is slightly low..maybe 2 cups....can i just add water to the coolant tank since theres already a bunch of antifreeze in there? its VERY rarely below freezing in LA anyways.

 

If you don't get temps below 40 you should be fine. Anything below that, you want a good mix.