Hey all! This is my first post, but I've been reading on here for years to fix my problems!

02' GP GT 3.8 V6 with 102Kmi. Just today I left my house and went no more than .5 mile and my temp light came on under the temp. gauge. The car began running like crap, probably like limp mode I guess. Had no power, couldn't go very fast etc. It did not generate a CEL. It idled like crap also before I shut it of in my garage.

I felt the upper radiator hose and it felt like the t-stat didn't open up yet. Sure enough after about a minute of sitting and not runnng it did open and the hose felt normal and not like water was trapped in it.

Ive read other posts on here, but couldn't find a direct answer really. I heard that the temp light is for an over heating block? And not necessarily the water temp? Would that mean there are two temp sensors? If so where are they?

Im hoping that it may be a bad temp sensor sending a bad signal to the car? Its good to hope I guess! I know the car didnt get that hot, i only had it out for round trip of 1.5 miles! No visible water leaks anywhere else on the car. Its in great shape and pretty dry! I might add the car sat in my garage for almost 4 weeks without being driven before this happened.

Any thoughs/answers would be appreciated! Thanks!