Re: over heating question ?
The light you are referring to means that the coolant temp. is HI which will eventually lead to an overheated engine it doesn't necessarily mean that you are out of coolant. The reason for the coolant temp being HI is that the fan has seized to operate. There is a recall for the control module that operates the cooling fan. I've had this recall performed on all my XFire's and my Benz and haven't had a problem since.