Frost Warning

[Tuscan Wil]

Have you taken the car out in cold weather and the frost warning signal keeps coming on all the time despite cancelling it? Do you find it annoying? Can you switch it off? I can feel it's cold outside, not need to keep telling me every 3 seconds!?!?!

[Macey]

I get that when I bring mine out in the cold weather, the only way to stop it is either disconnect the sensor or turn the volume down, if you choose to go down the route of turning the volume down you will turn it down for all warnings including the indicators.

[nawarne]

OK - mine also does this. I posted on the Chim forum re: the 'ice warning' light on the dash....do the manufacturers think that no one goes outside to start their car in the morning!!!

Where is the sensor for this alarm on the Tuscan? I assumed it took the information from the airbox sensor? Is there another for the pod display?
Nick

[NCE 61]

There is a separate sensor for ambient temperature , I think it is located somewhere on the front near side of the car. There is not much you can do about the alarm except as said turn the volume down.

[Tuscan Wil]

Thanks for the replies, I think i will live with it and won't disconnect anything. AS they say it works, don't touch it.

It is just a bit of a nuisance. Specially when you just start up the car, the pod keeps flashing up the frost warning when you need to keep an eye on the rev to warm up the car. Had the car for a few years now, so got to know the tune of the Engine for the rev. Well it is just one of those things of the Tiv's. I still love her to bits though.

[nawarne]

NCE 61 said:

There is a separate sensor for ambient temperature , I think it is located somewhere on the front near side of the car. There is not much you can do about the alarm except as said turn the volume down.

OK - I'll just have to live with it! Cheers for the reply.
Nick

[blueg33]

What frost warning? On cold mornings I get coolant and oil temp low warnings but not a frost warning? The senosr is connected as the pod shows ambient temp.

Lowest temps so far was oil and coolant at -6 when I started the engine. Started fine, but did take a fair few miles to get up to 85 degrees oil temp. Heater was great kept me toasty warm pretty quickly, I even took the roof off and wasn't too cold.

[NCE 61]

blueg33 said:

What frost warning? On cold mornings I get coolant and oil temp low warnings but not a frost warning? The senosr is connected as the pod shows ambient temp.

Early MK1 pod software did not have the frost warning message, my MK1 was the same only low temperature messages for oil and coolant.

[blueg33]

NCE 61 said:

Early MK1 pod software did not have the frost warning message, my MK1 was the same only low temperature messages for oil and coolant.

Thanks, I was worried that something didnt work.

[Djdan]

Al swap you, av got a later dash and the frost warning does my head in!

[JnP]

NCE 61 said:

Early MK1 pod software did not have the frost warning message, my MK1 was the same only low temperature messages for oil and coolant.

My 2002 has frost warning messages, don't know if it's considered as "early" though

[Tuscan Wil]

JnP said:

My 2002 has frost warning messages, don't know if it's considered as "early" though

Mine is 2001.