Anyone else having to regularly deal with cold weather issues?

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by thatdoodle

I have the same issues with the car acting sluggish in the cold - Does it until the engine is all the way up to temp. My suspension is also much, much stiffer in the cold. It's actually a pain to drive at the minute, as even small cracks/seams in the road surface cause loud bangs

Hello thatdoodle and welcome to our forum ........

How many miles on your car ..?? How long have you had it .. ??

Most all cars, during the winter, that aren't parked in a heated garage, are "stiff" when they're cold.

It seems that this car is a bit more "cold natured" than many other cars.

The Spartan build of this car allows many more sounds into the cabin that heavier cars don't.

Most likely your car is OK.


humfrz

[JMon85]

Been -20s nvr had these 0.0 just damn water freezing my axel or parking brake =/

[thatdoodle]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Hello thatdoodle and welcome to our forum ........

humfrz

Thanks for having me! About 14k miles, had it since October, but it's a MY2016 car (approved used)

Didn't notice anything similar with my '97 MX-5 that I had previously, although last winter wasn't quite as cold as this years. The engine really struggles though if it's cold outside, about 0c or lower. Once it's fully up to temp it's fine, but the car sort of lurches for the first few minutes whenever you accelerate.

Toyota's dealers have been useless fixing other issues for me though so I doubt i'm going to get anywhere with getting this fixed.

As a side note, anybody else have issues with the brake feel? My pedal is super soft with the car off/idling, I can press the pedal all the way down to the floor. High revs, like 6k and up increases the stiffness of the pedal hugely, but only whilst the revs are high. Braking performance is normal though.

Toyota told me this is normal behavior and after driving 2 different Yaris (one hybrid one petrol) that had the same thing with the brake pedal i'm thinking maybe this is a Toyota thing?

Either way it's really disorienting when braking as the stiffness of the pedal is changing constantly.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by thatdoodle

Thanks for having me! About 14k miles, had it since October, but it's a MY2016 car (approved used)

Didn't notice anything similar with my '97 MX-5 that I had previously, although last winter wasn't quite as cold as this years. The engine really struggles though if it's cold outside, about 0c or lower. Once it's fully up to temp it's fine, but the car sort of lurches for the first few minutes whenever you accelerate.

Toyota's dealers have been useless fixing other issues for me though so I doubt i'm going to get anywhere with getting this fixed.

As a side note, anybody else have issues with the brake feel? My pedal is super soft with the car off/idling, I can press the pedal all the way down to the floor. High revs, like 6k and up increases the stiffness of the pedal hugely, but only whilst the revs are high. Braking performance is normal though.

Toyota told me this is normal behavior and after driving 2 different Yaris (one hybrid one petrol) that had the same thing with the brake pedal i'm thinking maybe this is a Toyota thing?

Either way it's really disorienting when braking as the stiffness of the pedal is changing constantly.

Yep, my 2006 MX5 wasn't nearly as cold natured as my 2013 FR-S. It seemed that my MX-5 would warm up before I got out of the subdivision (3-4 blocks) and it takes my FR-S all the way to the grocery store (2-3 miles).

If your car's brakes feel spongy, first thing is to check the brake fluid level, the next thing would have the brake fluid replaced (and thus the system bled).

The brake feel shouldn't have any connection to engine rpm ..??

I hope you get it sorted out ......


humfrz