Originally Posted by blaydes99

I've been getting a "Coolant level low" message from time to time. (Never got this in the first 1-2 months I owned the car). Sometimes it goes away on it's own and sometimes I just break down and add some coolant to the reservoir, which makes it go away. It never seems low though, as it always seems to be at "low fill level" line and when I take off the cap, the coolant is at the plastic that says "max".

The other strange thing is that I sometimes smell what I think to be a sweet coolant smell while driving, though it is very subtle and might just be the plastics, leather, and engine compartment odors mixing and coming in. Are there any common coolant leaks on '09 Supercharges?

Regardless, why would the coolant show as being low when it never LOOKS low. Am I just reading it wrong?

EDIT: This issue is fixed. I first replaced the coolant level sensor but this didn't fix the issue. I then tested the "float" in the coolant reservoir and found out that it doesn't float anymore (got a hole in it I guess?). I bought a replacement tank and and after replacing the old tank the error is gone for good.

Also, I noticed that with the old tank, while the coolant level in the coolant fill indicator tube looked okay, the other areas of the tank were much too full (the looked overfull everywhere except in the fill tube) and this most likely caused the coolant smell due to overflow. With the new tank, the coolant level is shown to be the same throughout the whole tank, and not just in the area of the coolant fill indicator.