Molal24 Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Well the other day I was leaving work and it was bitterly cold. Temperature outside was -14*F at the time and the windchill was about -38*F. Now after warming up the car for about 10 minutes, I drove off. I put the car in the "sport shift" mode and was shifting away. Once I was in fourth gear, I was unable to shift into 5th. No arrow was above the 4 telling me I was able to shift up. I was going a solid 45-50 MPH and nothing. Finally I decided to put it back in automatic mode and drive it for a bit. Once I approached my house I put it back into "sport shift" mode and the 5 finally came on. Is this an issue with my transmission or was it a simple reasoning that it happened because of the low temperatures? Thanks, Mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 I suspect that it was the cold temperature, since the oil in the transmission was a bit thicker it probably did upset the parameters a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StoplightAssassin Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 It was the low temps. Many people are reporting this with the very cold weather. It seems like it's a built in safety/longevity feature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatvol Posted January 17, 2009 Share Posted January 17, 2009 Yeah it's an Automatic! LOL No honest, we had a Civic EX that would do the same thing. It did not like the cold below 20 F Woud run long between 3rd and 4th. When it heated up a bit it got better. I think my car in the cold is great for shifts. Nice and crisp. But I really havent had any probs with any manual I have ever owned. I just would not run it hard for the first few miles. Let the trans heat up, and then put it in S mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonts Posted January 18, 2009 Share Posted January 18, 2009 It was the low temps. Many people are reporting this with the very cold weather. It seems like it's a built in safety/longevity feature. We get weather that is colder than that up here. I've encountered this with other auto. transmission vehicles in the past. After everything warms up properly it will shift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OBieXT Posted January 19, 2009 Share Posted January 19, 2009 The 5EATs avoid shifting into 5th when cold to help warm up the tranny fluid quicker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lousypirate Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 warming your car up does not warm up the tranny as well. i'm not sure but putting it in neutral lets your tranny warm up as well on those cold mornings when you have an automatic? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SubLGTaru Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 yeah, same thing happens to my car when it is ungodly cold outside. Just have to take it easy until everything gets warmed up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rs6er Posted January 20, 2009 Share Posted January 20, 2009 BTW. Wind chill factor doesn't affect your car— only you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenNorthLGT Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 BTW. Wind chill factor doesn't affect your car— only you. Depends on which way you face your car to the wind. "Wind+cold" pulls heat out of an engine/battery, just like your skin, more than just "cold". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ehsnils Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 Depends on which way you face your car to the wind. "Wind+cold" pulls heat out of an engine/battery, just like your skin, more than just "cold". A night in -25 is still -25 to the car regardless of if it's windy or not. The windchill factor is about heat evaporation from a constant temperature body like the human body. If you have your car on a heater to keep the temperature up all night then the windchill factor becomes important. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrozenNorthLGT Posted January 21, 2009 Share Posted January 21, 2009 If you have your car parked long enough to completely cool off yes, wind chill wont make it any colder than the actual outside temp.. But if you only have you car parked for a couple hours after driving it, then it will get colder, faster; when its windy than it would if it was just cold and calm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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