Mercedes/Sprinter (2007) dash message - ?
This may be a dealer question, but I thought I'd ask in this knowledgeable community.
Our 2007 Itasca is built on a Dodge Sprinter (Mercedes-built) chassis. We went up into the foothills this last week, and were running the air conditioning because it was hot. The water temperature gauge, which normally hovers around 180 degrees, crept up to the next increment, which is unmarked but appears to be about 215 degrees. Suddenly, the little screen below the speedometer that Mercedes calls the "Multi-function Indicator" (odometer, trip meter, clock, outside temp, other stuff) started flashing "HI," with a little arrow above it, with an accompanying beep. We turned off the air, and I slowed down a bit, and it soon stopped.
But then, on the way home, it repeated, while the water temperature was below that mark, at a temp that we'd reached before, with no frantic signals from the dash.
Our son, more knowledgeable in diesels than we are, thinks it might have been communicating that the exhaust temperature was too high, something can be a serious problem, and that the cure is to let off the throttle a bit.
The owner's manual says nothing whatsoever on the subject.
Help!
Our 2007 Itasca is built on a Dodge Sprinter (Mercedes-built) chassis. We went up into the foothills this last week, and were running the air conditioning because it was hot. The water temperature gauge, which normally hovers around 180 degrees, crept up to the next increment, which is unmarked but appears to be about 215 degrees. Suddenly, the little screen below the speedometer that Mercedes calls the "Multi-function Indicator" (odometer, trip meter, clock, outside temp, other stuff) started flashing "HI," with a little arrow above it, with an accompanying beep. We turned off the air, and I slowed down a bit, and it soon stopped.
But then, on the way home, it repeated, while the water temperature was below that mark, at a temp that we'd reached before, with no frantic signals from the dash.
Our son, more knowledgeable in diesels than we are, thinks it might have been communicating that the exhaust temperature was too high, something can be a serious problem, and that the cure is to let off the throttle a bit.
The owner's manual says nothing whatsoever on the subject.
Help!
