Icy Road Warning
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Icy Road Warning
Is anyone else's Possible Icy Conditions indicator going haywire? Mine dings pretty much every time I start the car, and if not it'll go off at some point during my drive.
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Is this happening to anyone else? It looks like I'm going to have to take it in for service.
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- I'm in Ohio. The conditions are cold, but the ground is not wet or icy.
- It'll do it before the car moves even an inch after startup.
- When going off while moving, it seems to always happen when I'm travelling straight ahead on regular flat surfaces. No potholes or sharp turns are causing it to trigger.
- Last week it went off in 70 degree weather.
- I recently installed new winter tires on my stock OEM wheels. The stock TPMS sensors were retained, and the tires are the same size as stock.
- I seems to recall it happening before I had the tires installed, but now I can't be sure.
Is this happening to anyone else? It looks like I'm going to have to take it in for service.
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Perhaps I'm mistaken about it going off when it was warm. I'll start keeping a closer eye on when it does and doesn't go off.
So the way it's supposed to work is that it goes off when the temperature is at or below 37*? Talk about a useless feature. I just got in the car, I have a pretty good idea how cold it is outside. If not, I have a bunch of wasted space on the display dedicated to showing me the outdoor temperature when that area should really belong to engine coolant temperature.
Now if it used the sensors for the AWD system to detect actual icy/slippery conditions, that might be something useful.
So the way it's supposed to work is that it goes off when the temperature is at or below 37*? Talk about a useless feature. I just got in the car, I have a pretty good idea how cold it is outside. If not, I have a bunch of wasted space on the display dedicated to showing me the outdoor temperature when that area should really belong to engine coolant temperature.
Now if it used the sensors for the AWD system to detect actual icy/slippery conditions, that might be something useful.
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Wait, before you guys go off half cocked, consider this. We have three modes available for the surrounding conditions: Tarmac, Gravel/Wet and Snow Ice. I think that Mitsu in their benevolent despot posture is looking out for you: If temp are such that ice can form, say even at 37F on a bridge,let's say, then they want you to be aware that slippery conditions may exist and you may want to change from Tarmac to Gravel. Nothing lame about it ; perhaps a little to mothering. Now this may be incorrect but when this happened to me I noted that the car was in Gravel mode and I do not recall if I had switched to same the other day or it automatically changed in conjunction with the temperature drop and associated display. I shall check this out today.
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I have just the regular lancer gts, without traction control and get the same warning, i think they just want to notify you that you may want to drive more cautiously due to the possibiliy of ice on the roads
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It says in your manual that it will ding and notify you whenever the temperature is at or below 37deg. It goes off after a couple of seconds without having to push any buttons so it really isnt that annoying.
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For real? Lots and LOTS of cars give this warning. They may not give an audible alert, but lots still show icy conditions available at sub 37* just based on temperature. If it did it based on road conditions it would be too late "Warning, your car may already be out of control!"
Regardless, be happy you have it, it means the X is more mainstream! That way Grandma Jean can tell when it is possible for ice on the road when she drives her sporty sedan to pick up the grandkids. Just kidding, I'm sure there's a reason Mitsu put it there besides just assuming the general public is full of idiots who don't know the ground gets slippery when it gets cold and/or wet. We're talking monetary gains here, like insurance companies charge less for insuring the X because of that feature, or Mitsu gets a tax break from the government... etc etc.
Regardless, be happy you have it, it means the X is more mainstream! That way Grandma Jean can tell when it is possible for ice on the road when she drives her sporty sedan to pick up the grandkids. Just kidding, I'm sure there's a reason Mitsu put it there besides just assuming the general public is full of idiots who don't know the ground gets slippery when it gets cold and/or wet. We're talking monetary gains here, like insurance companies charge less for insuring the X because of that feature, or Mitsu gets a tax break from the government... etc etc.
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I can also confirmed that it will notify you when you start the car with temperature lower than 37 degrees and it will notify you that while you're driving and temperature dropped below 37 degrees.
I can also confirmed that it will notify you when you start the car with temperature lower than 37 degrees and it will notify you that while you're driving and temperature dropped below 37 degrees.