2012 Jeep Liberty temperature issues

LambertR1979

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Hello. I have a question and hope someone can help. Last night my daughter drove up to grab food. She said that her car was smoking under the hood. Went to look at it. The plastic cap for her coolant had popped off, fluids all over inside of hood. Coolant was empty. Refilled coolant with 50/50 ready to use mix. She was driving to work today. Temp guage spiked, light came on and Jeep started shaking. She pulled over to the side of the highway. When I got there, I was able to drive it to an empty parking lot. Temp guage was at 3/4 towards hot. No shaking. Cap still on. Any ideas?
 
Bleed coolant system of air and fill overflow tank. If the level still drops, pressure test the radiator cap and system.