When a thermostat goes bad in a vehicle, it can make your car overheat. It can also make it t where you do not have any heat inside your car.
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Yes a bad thermostat would cause overheating in any car. A thermostat regulates the temperature.
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Take your thermostat out and put everything back together, run your car without a thermostat... If your car no longer overheats, replace your thermostat.
Car overheats, your heat in your car stops working
low or no coolant, or a bad thermostat.
Take off the radiator cap of the car. Start it up and watch the temp guage. when the car starts getting warm look in the radiator and see if you have water flowing. If not that is a sign it's bad. The other way is to take out the thermostat go inside and get some water boiling set the bottom of the thermostat in the boiling water, if it doesn't pop out then it is bad.
If stuck closed car will overheat in a short period of time and cooloant will boil from radiator If stuck open car will not reach normal operating temp. If you suspect it is bad, just replace it.
If thermostat does not open - Vehicle will overheat in a short time - no heat If thermostat does no close - vehicle will not get to normal operating temperature - no heat
When the car is hot, squeeze the upper radiator hose. If it feels soft, then the thermostat is not opening and therefore bad. If you squeeze the hose and its hard to squeeze, then it is pressurized and the thermostat is open. That is one way to check if the thermostat is stuck closed. If the thermostat is stuck open, then in cold conditions the car will take a long time to produce hot air from the heater.
A bad thermostat, or in rare cases, a bad water pump.