Possible to disable Icy conditions warning?
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RE: Possible to disable Icy conditions warning?
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Mr Brews:
The problem is less with it happening once, it is part of a whole series of warnings and effects that can drive you crazy. Here's an example:
You start the car, have winter wheels/tires without the TPMS and get the tire pressure error.
Wait until it allows you to reset the error by holding the button for a few seconds. Errors disappear. Pull out of the garage, cold weather warning goes off. wait. Now the tire pressure sensor warning comes on again. wait and hold button to reset again. get to the end of the street where there is a bit of ice under one wheel, triggering the ABS. Uh oh, the TPMS has to be reset again. Now the temperature is around 3C and as you go up in elevation it goes above 3C, then as you descend into a valley, below 3C triggering the warning again...then you get to do the TPMS again...etc.
The fact that you can't disable the warnings causes steady display issues. I usually leave the TPMS warning and don't reset it. Makes the display useless during winter months...quite a "feature", eh?
Mr Brews:
The problem is less with it happening once, it is part of a whole series of warnings and effects that can drive you crazy. Here's an example:
You start the car, have winter wheels/tires without the TPMS and get the tire pressure error.
Wait until it allows you to reset the error by holding the button for a few seconds. Errors disappear. Pull out of the garage, cold weather warning goes off. wait. Now the tire pressure sensor warning comes on again. wait and hold button to reset again. get to the end of the street where there is a bit of ice under one wheel, triggering the ABS. Uh oh, the TPMS has to be reset again. Now the temperature is around 3C and as you go up in elevation it goes above 3C, then as you descend into a valley, below 3C triggering the warning again...then you get to do the TPMS again...etc.
The fact that you can't disable the warnings causes steady display issues. I usually leave the TPMS warning and don't reset it. Makes the display useless during winter months...quite a "feature", eh?
Having said that, you bought the car knowing full well that modifying it would cause issues. Cant blame the car for that. Blame our litigious society and the lawyers.
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RE: Possible to disable Icy conditions warning?
Has anyone seriously thought: "Oh, thank goodness the 37 degree alarm just went off. Otherwise I could have gotten into trouble."
I mean, honestly. No s**t it's cold outside. Deal with it. If you need your car to tell you that...I'm not whining, it's just completely unnecessary. The people who don't mind it are probably those who don't live in a cold climate.
I mean, honestly. No s**t it's cold outside. Deal with it. If you need your car to tell you that...I'm not whining, it's just completely unnecessary. The people who don't mind it are probably those who don't live in a cold climate.
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RE: Possible to disable Icy conditions warning?
I actually like the ice warning. That's because we live in an area where it snows in one city and not in the next. This is the time of the year when 20 miles away the weather conditions are different. It's crazy when its 40C and you see people driving with a pile of snow on top of their cars. So it's nice to remind the driver that conditions has changed and there could actually be ice on the road.
Now, the question about having the ability to disable it is another question. I guess Mitsubishi has gone the extra mile to make their cars safer, so we now have this warning and the TPMS, seatbelts, etc. I guess we just have to live with it.
Now, the question about having the ability to disable it is another question. I guess Mitsubishi has gone the extra mile to make their cars safer, so we now have this warning and the TPMS, seatbelts, etc. I guess we just have to live with it.
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RE: Possible to disable Icy conditions warning?
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Has anyone seriously thought: "Oh, thank goodness the 37 degree alarm just went off. Otherwise I could have gotten into trouble."
I mean, honestly. No s**t it's cold outside. Deal with it. If you need your car to tell you that...I'm not whining, it's just completely unnecessary. The people who don't mind it are probably those who don't live in a cold climate.
Has anyone seriously thought: "Oh, thank goodness the 37 degree alarm just went off. Otherwise I could have gotten into trouble."
I mean, honestly. No s**t it's cold outside. Deal with it. If you need your car to tell you that...I'm not whining, it's just completely unnecessary. The people who don't mind it are probably those who don't live in a cold climate.
you have no idea the outside temp if you drive for a while. It will often be over 40 during the day, but drop to 30 at night.. That makes for nice, black ice.
just letting people know its below freezing is a simple and effective way to keep them from sliding off the road.
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RE: Possible to disable Icy conditions warning?
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I actually like the ice warning. That's because we live in an area where it snows in one city and not in the next. This is the time of the year when 20 miles away the weather conditions are different. It's crazy when its 40C and you see people driving with a pile of snow on top of their cars. So it's nice to remind the driver that conditions has changed and there could actually be ice on the road.
Now, the question about having the ability to disable it is another question. I guess Mitsubishi has gone the extra mile to make their cars safer, so we now have this warning and the TPMS, seatbelts, etc. I guess we just have to live with it.
I actually like the ice warning. That's because we live in an area where it snows in one city and not in the next. This is the time of the year when 20 miles away the weather conditions are different. It's crazy when its 40C and you see people driving with a pile of snow on top of their cars. So it's nice to remind the driver that conditions has changed and there could actually be ice on the road.
Now, the question about having the ability to disable it is another question. I guess Mitsubishi has gone the extra mile to make their cars safer, so we now have this warning and the TPMS, seatbelts, etc. I guess we just have to live with it.
That includes the tire sensors, the seatbelt warning, etc.
By the way, all those things make your car better and safer for the average person.
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RE: Possible to disable Icy conditions warning?
It is a minor annoyance though when you can look out your window see three feet of snow, know the temp is -30 and your getting beeps because there "may" be slippery conditions. We had an 05 Sentra before this and all it did was show a small warning by the odometer, no annoying beeps.
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RE: Possible to disable Icy conditions warning?
ORIGINAL: brynm
It is a minor annoyance though when you can look out your window see three feet of snow, know the temp is -30 and your getting beeps because there "may" be slippery conditions. We had an 05 Sentra before this and all it did was show a small warning by the odometer, no annoying beeps.
It is a minor annoyance though when you can look out your window see three feet of snow, know the temp is -30 and your getting beeps because there "may" be slippery conditions. We had an 05 Sentra before this and all it did was show a small warning by the odometer, no annoying beeps.
Its obviously not meant to warn people when there is 3 feet of snow on the ground. Use some common sense.
