This morning it is 3 degrees! I've noticed a couple things with my TL.

1. The radio "whistles" a bit before the car warms up. Anyone else hear it?

2. Here's the stumper question though --- when it's this cold, I don't feel the grade logic or any downshifting. No pull back. Except for the cold, that's nice.

 

It was 37F here this morning and I didn't notice either 1 or 2.

 

It's -20 here and the first thing I noticed was the radio and MID displays refreshing very slowly. I don't recall the shifting but I'll check today being that it's -20 again.

I didn't get the whistling either.

 

hmmm... maybe whistle was the wrong word choice -- it sounds like there's a higher pitch frequency. When I turn the radio off, it goes away (obviously because it's coming from the radio)

 

10 degrees here this morning. It's been pretty cold the last few days and I've noticed the same thing with the radio. There's a definite whistle/hiss while the car is warming. I noticed that if you turn the volume all the way down, or turn the radio off, it goes away. It does go away after a few minutes. This morning I also noticed that the navi screen was flickering a little. Again, this went away after the car warmed up.

 

same here

 

I heard some hissing, but I think it could be my intake.

 

yes-- that's what I've noticed. The little hissing, whistling whatever you want to call it coming from the radio goes away after just a couple minutes... not a big deal. I just wonder why. Maybe it's because people and cars aren't meant for this kind of cold!

also, anyone else notice the auto downshifting and stopping is actually SMOOTHER in the cold?

 

-18 baby! Man it's so cold!

 

It was -35 below in Princeton Minnesota this morning! Here at work (Elk River MN.) it was only -31 below.
Yesterday my tl sat out in the lot all day the high temp here was -5 below! That was THE HIGH!!! But my new Braille battery spun it over like nothing was different!! I recommend this battery. I got the B7548 ......

 

I live in Wisconsin, and it's been in the negatives most of the week. This morning it's -13 with a wind chill of -30. I have an 04 6MT non-navi. I haven't had any whistling from the radio. However the clutch pedal and stickshift have been pretty stiff, as expected.

I'm kind of disappointed with the amount of heat that gets sent to the feet. It doesn't really warm me up that much because it seems the direction of the airlow is closer to the shin on the right leg rather than the feet. Anyone else? Or is my brain finally frozen over!

I'll add that I've been parking outside this week and the TL has started up on the first crank every time.

 

Scary thing, I have 32k miles on my car, still the same batt from new.

If you see a TL with hazards on! HLEP!

 

When it gets into the teens my shifter/transmission doesn't like the 1-2 or 2-3 upshift until it warms up a bit. FWIW I have had this issue with every other manual I have owned.
My TL warms up really fast. I had a Formula Firebird and that thing took forever to warm up. (It did have a 160 degree thermostat)

 

I was wearing shorts in NorCal yesterday... then BBQ'ed when I got home in balmy 65 degree weather. 34 outside this morning, and no issues with the TL.

 

Man...My legs were so frozen yesterday from waiting for trains, that i didnt even feel any airflow on my legs/feet with the airflow adjusted for feet only...First time i ever used it at that position too.

As per the TL in the cold...my doors dont like to close, but slamming em does the trick. And when turing it on, theres a weird screech that comes form the engine right when it cranks over. Its loud as hell, but only happens in the cold.....meh?

The best part....With the ASpec kit...Im riding with Snow/Ice "mudguards" all the way to the ground! <---Not really

 

+1 on the radio refreshing slow but i dont know about shifting, its not auto

 

-7..noticed both

 

What happened to the Global Warming?

 

I definitely notice the radio whistle/hiss! Thank goodness the summer time is coming! lol

 

-20ish here last few days. No odd noises from radio. I have an auto and have been shifting with the manual mode, seems fine. The ride feels extra stiff, almost jarring at times.

 

must not fully understand how that works eh? :P

- The MID/radio does refresh really slow in the cold.
- 1-2 & 2-3 are almost impossible... (expected)
- Took a few turns to turnover this morning (expected with -20s)
- The rattles/creaks/noises are sooooo much worse in the cold...

But the car does heat up fast though imo...

 

it was 9 degrees this morn and prob lower with the windchill and all i noticed was my hand sticking to the maven shifter from the freezing steel!

 

all i know is my car does not like these temps. i am pretty sure i heard a little yelp when i started her up, i feel bad my baby needs a garage soon!!!

 

My car said 14 degrees this morning, and the Tire Pressure Monitor came on for the left front tire. But I checked and all were a little over 25 psi, except the rear left -- which was a little over 15 psi.

It's warmed up about 10 degrees so I'm going to go check again.

 

Im up in MN and it's -20 below and my car also does both...im guessin its just the cold that's causing it so i don't mind but what bothers me the MOST is having such a hard time closing my stupid door...do you guys have that problem when it's cold?

 

i would go check since i haven't been outside in like 3 days and my car probably needs me right now but its fucking cold! and i feel like shit. i know when i go out tomorrow and haven't started the car in four days, everything is going to feel like its lagging.

 

the tl tends to hesistate a bit in the cold, anybody getting rattles in the interior??

 

My sub rattle is unbearable in when it's real cold, even when the radio is off. I really need to fix it but that's going to have to wait until warmer weather.

 

Nice, glad I saw this thread. I also noticed the high pitch sound at first. Mainly coming from the center speaker. Worried me at first, but went away after a little warmup. I also do notice that the engine does grumble/vibrate quite a bit when its cold. I imagine thats also normal for the cold weather, but its also more than my 2002 TL-S did.

 

Hope your battery is still alive..........

 

My car also make a screech right when it cranks over, but only if it's around 0 degrees. Guessing it's just from the belts being super cold and stiff. The only other thing is the clutch feels Sticky, like it's a little slow coming back up after i push it down. And all the displays are definitely slow. Once the car warms up for a few minutes everything is back to normal.

 

Why do the displays slow down in the cold? I've noticed this with all LCD displays in the cold. Is it because the liquid thickens in the cold weather, making it slower to move in the display? It almost like fades between screens.

 

do those plugin engine warmers help?

 

ya, physics, dooders!

 

lol electricity actually slows down with temperature??? NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO !!!

lmao.... the block heater does work... but you still have to drive the car around to give it some exercise... if you start it up. otherwise its good

 

GD cold weather ftl........

 

interior noise is increased a lot in the cold...it sux.....did anyone see the video where the kid in michigan throws water outof a cup in the air and by the time it lands its frozen??? those are the climates you need block heaters in...

 

-13 on display this morning in Chicago. All displays were slow to change over and TPMS said to check pressure as cold took off 5psi. Everything looks good now that it is a balmy +2 outside.

 

It parked itself right over California! Go figure, the irony of it all... With CARB (CA Air Resources Board) setting all the trend-setting rules and regulations for emissions for automobiles and beyond, we have been running well above normal temperature-wise for several days this winter. It does get cold in the AM, but it's been 10-20 degrees warmer than normal during the day.

 

I didn't notice the radio, but shifting was harsh & the screen did take a while to change. (-1 degrees here)

Yeah I definitely agree. I drove my sis' RDX over the weekend and it felt much warmer on the inside although the cabin was a lot noisier than my tl