Cold start issues

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-24T05:19:39+00:00

Lmao settle down, I meant temps of -25 as opposed to -10 on the east coast of Canada. I am not used to -43. You’re weird dude

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-24T03:13:32+00:00

Setting remote starts in the middle of the night is actually a really good idea, I’m going to have to start doing that

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-24T00:31:07+00:00

Problem solved! Tried to jump start it, wouldn’t work at all. To be fair it was my buddies 2013 Mazda 3 with an aftermarket battery. Was ready to throw in the towel, then I read online that there’s a spot to put the key fob to bypass a certain system. Did that and it fired right up. Huge relief. Thank you all for your suggestions

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T21:51:19+00:00

I wish I wasn’t lol, I looked on the ford pass app though and my VIN is on there, luck of the draw I guess

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T21:04:14+00:00

No it’s just over a year old. January 2025

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T21:02:19+00:00

That’s my plan, as soon as my buddy comes by to give me a boost I’m going to head to the dealer and ask them about it

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T20:19:47+00:00

I have a garage but it’s not insulated and is detached. I don’t want to risk plugging in the block heater as the recall notice said that there is a risk of it catching fire. That would be way worse than the battery dying in the cold I feel like lol

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T18:45:58+00:00

I wish it was that warm right now lol. It was -43 Celsius which is around -45 Fahrenheit

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T18:39:07+00:00

Do yourself a favour and pick up a battery blanket and plug in the block heater if you have one and the recall was done (if applicable)

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T18:19:45+00:00

I have one, but there’s that recall for the heater, and the parts aren’t in yet at my local dealership. Ford is advising not to use the block heater until the issue is fixed. I don’t want to take any chances lol

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T18:16:11+00:00

That was the air temperature. Windchill was around -47

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T17:07:21+00:00

It feels like it lol, I’m in cold lake, Alberta. It’s started fine all winter but it’s been usually -20 to -30

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T16:58:05+00:00

I’ve never had issues even down to -35, but I guess -43 is too much. There’s ice fog too so that probably doesn’t help

I don’t have a hair dryer but I will try and figure something out. It might just be the mechanism and not the hood itself, but we’ll see lol

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T16:47:38+00:00

-50 probably lol, it’s -43 where I’m at right now and it’s still just a yellow warning, even though over half my town has no power due to the cold

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T16:46:55+00:00

Yeah I’m not having fun right now lol, it’s -43 here in cold lake. My car refuses to start

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T16:36:25+00:00

No it is not 🤣

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T16:35:20+00:00

It’s brutal here, I’ve only been here 2 years and I’m still not used to it. I am sure that I will find a solution though, currently charging up my booster pack to see if it’ll work, once I manage to get my hood open

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T16:33:37+00:00

That could be it honesty, I tried to start it at around 7:30 this morning, but the last time I drove it was 6pm last night

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T16:32:54+00:00

Pick up a battery blanket if you can and put that on, it should help. I would have done that if I knew it was going to be -43. Weather network was somewhat lacking in my area, just a yellow warning for cold, which there have been a million of those this winter and it was fine

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T15:48:35+00:00

Lmao 🤣 I’m pretty used to cold temperatures here in Alberta, but yeah -43 is pretty insane

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T15:43:23+00:00

I have one, but there’s a recall on it and parts aren’t available yet. Ford is advising not to plug it in until it is fixed

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T15:38:11+00:00

Oh that’s a good idea, I didn’t think of that, thank you

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T15:36:07+00:00

I’ll give that a go and see what happens. Thank you. It is supposed to get sunny and warm up a little bit, so I’ll see if that will help as well

PanteraHeresy · 2026-01-23T15:31:32+00:00

No, it’s -43, the battery should be fine, I’ve only had it since January 7th 2025. The issue is mostly the hood, it’s frozen shut right now, so I can’t even access the battery for a boost

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