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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 05:09 PM
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Anyone having problems with the PDC in cold weather>

Anytime there's a bit of frost the thing won't shut up, and have to switch it off.
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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 05:44 PM
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Yes, that happens from time to time -- the other morning, after we had a bunch of rain and then dropping temperatures, my iDrive display showed full red from all sensors both on the front and the back.

I had to laugh out loud because it made me think of the scene from Austin Powers where Austin was turning around the golf cart in the narrow corridor...
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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 05:45 PM
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Yup, foul weather fouls it.

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Old Feb 7, 2006 | 06:08 PM
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As does getting your car washed when it is below freezing. I go to one of the hand wash/dry places, and even though they towel dry it, the PDC must get some water trapped in it that freezesand tricks it into thinking you're about to hit something.

A few hours in the heated garage or out in the sun and it goes away.


Originally Posted by Ray Hull' post='236535' date='Feb 7 2006, 08:45 PM
Yup, foul weather fouls it.

Ray Hull
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