Cooling Intermittent Overheating/High Temp Gauge Reading

SOURCE:
Honda Service News March 2003

TITLE:
Intermittent Overheating or High Temp Gauge Reading

APPLIES TO:
2000-01 Civics

SERVICE TIP:
If owners of are complaining that the temperature gauge needle sometimes shoots up to the dreaded H mark for no apparent reason, the problem may be a faulty radiator cooling fan switch. If the switch is faulty, it can cause an intermittent overheating problem or cause the temperature gauge needle to climb past its normal position. To fix this problem, replace the thermoswitch, P/N 37760-P00-004, H/C 3881554.