2016 Grand Cherokee

Asked by jinz01 Dec 16, 2019 at 11:41 AM about the 2016 Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo 75th Anniversary 4WD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

This morning i started my jeep turned on the
defrost let it clear the windows revved up to 3000
rpms to heat up faster,  I went to drive it would
only go 4 mph at 1000 rpms,  no code but did say
start/stop no ready low temperature,  i turned it
off restarted it and it seemed to be fine now,  any
idea why this happened? PS it was 30 degrees

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I would not recommend revving to 3000 rpms to 'help it' warm it up faster. The oil and coolant need time to warm up. The computer probably detected a problem with the unusual circumstances before driving.

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