Cold weather realted issues...

[donovan]

Ha. I was thinking of starting the exact same thread.

Lots of snow and cold weather the past couple weeks in Tahoe. This is the first winter I've had my X and had no idea how much it hated the cold. Here's what I've got so far, in order of occurrence over the past 2 weeks. I later realized that these are all common probs.


1) Overheating false alarm- temp gauge is pegged at red within 5 minutes of starting after subzero temps overnight (-8c). I just switch the ignition on and off.

2) Temp gauge never leaves blue zone when driving

3) Heater does not blow hot (possibly related to #2, since when the temp gauge does register normal operating temp, then hot air is blowing).

4) Set off the yellow self-levelling suspension warning. I switched it off and on then it went away.

5) Frozen door locks. By far the most annoying s#!+ I've had to deal with. Open door, door won't close. Lock it using keyfob, then I get trapped and have to crawl thru the passenger door. Luckily it melted by the end of the day when the sun came out.

6) Got stuck in a foot of snow over ice. I turned off the DSC and eventually escaped. Never got stuck with my previous truck, a 4Runner.

7) SES light came on and stayed on

I talked to my mechanic and it sounds like #s 1,2,3 and 7 are related.

But regardless, I still love her