divinefavor

i live in CA. weather has been somewhat hot, around 70-90 during the peak. my garage faces south west so it gets very hot during the day time. last week, i touched the hood few minutes after i parked my GL in my garage and it was very hot. i touched other parts of body and it was very cool even though garage was heated up. i noticed this behavior constantly after that. may be i'm oversensitive about this issue but when my wife drove off, the engine (not the exhaust) sounded louder than usual even at the start.
i do have one recall (Active curve system related) undone yet, but is there anything else i can check to see if this is normal?

Plutoe

If your coolant runs normally, then my suggestion is relocate to Humboldt county, today's high was 56

jacobsung

Check the coolant/engine temp gauge from your dash. That's what it's important.

NaviTimer1

GL's tend to run hotter than other cars. How is your coolant levels? As Jacobsung mentioned, keep an eye on temp gaguge. I live in FL and close to the ocean, sometimes steam comes out of the body panels on really hot days.

EricC21

In other news water is wet. Engines get hot.

OrionS55

My 2015 GL550 temp gauge is very consistent, always at this level once warmed up.

divinefavor

where is coolant located on gl550? also i'll start paying attention to temp guage from now. normally i don't drive this car everyday, my wife does.

OrionS55

Coolant reservoir

novae500

after a 20 min drive and parked in the garage, the garage is very hot inside. probably cause of the twin turbos

EdyCol

NaviTimer1

It looks normal, standard for this engine.

NaviTimer1

If it gets really hot, the instrument cluster will notify to pull on the side of the road and turn the engine off. I've personally never experience it but I read it in the owner’s manual, I was also concern when we first purchased it.

BlownV8

OrionS55

yeah I was just letting him know this is the normal temp