02-16-2020, 09:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Flighht2k
If they’re iced up why do you open your window? Just thaw it out?
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To back out of the driveway makes it easier to see. Or if I want to get some bfast or coffee at a drive thru
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02-16-2020, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by CF_Machete
-18 c is around 0 f, not terrible.
OP, what does the voltage look like on your battery? Do you're head lights dim when you start the truck?
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Truck is only 2 months old. Voltage is fine. Didn’t check the head lights when starting. But I think battery is ok. It wasn’t even that cold out. Maybe 20F
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02-16-2020, 09:50 PM
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Flagstaff is a good place to go in the hot summer if you live in phoenix..
I have been to that area many times nice in the summer but ya a very cold snowy place in winter.. a great place to go camping ..
In the boston area I live , I go to the white mountains in new hampshire.. ..also in winter a great place for skiing ..
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I live in flagstaff now. It is a nice place. I lived in Nashua NH for a few years and used to go up to the white mountains too. Nice area!
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02-16-2020, 09:52 PM
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check and clean the battery terminals.. 0F then a much higher current is required so a battery connection may be the problem.
I put on a silicone dielectric grease on the battery connections .. keeps out the corrosive reaction..
short drives will reduce battery charging.. if a battery is @0F then the battery will not charge.. has to get warmer then it will start to charge....
I have done this work.. a cold battery sitting in the cold for a couple of weeks engine did not crank much slow.. I put the battery in the house put charger on it battery did not charge .. then after a 30 min charge on it it charged up normally .. 5-7yrs is a normal battery life .. short runs will not hold up in your area gets sulfated ..
run it for an hour then bring to a auto store have them do the load tester on it.. O F and it starts IMO still a good battery..
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The truck is only 2 months old. Pretty sure then battery is good. I guess it’s possible I got a bad one but probably unlikely. Good info still! Thanks
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02-16-2020, 11:18 PM
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Had a mid 20's degree day and ice was on my 4runner when I was taking our 7 year old to the walk-in clinic. After 15 minutes of driving, I tried cracking the window down, for some reason I can't remember now, and it wouldn't budge. I kept trying because I thought something was wrong...then realized it was the ice, so I stopped. Probably 10 more minutes passed by and I as able to roll it down. I've had that happen with our other vehicles in the past, but it was much colder at the time.
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02-17-2020, 08:04 AM
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I like to be able to see through the side windows before I drive off. All of the windows in fact.
The other thing is that whenever I thaw the windows out a little and then lower them the ice and snow falls into the truck.
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02-17-2020, 09:47 AM
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Both of my 19's suffer from the same problem. The windows ice and lock-up very easily. When it gets below freezing my wife and I argue about who's 4R gets to stay in the garage.... I bet you can guess who wins that one... 
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02-17-2020, 01:17 PM
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Both of my 19's suffer from the same problem. The windows ice and lock-up very easily. When it gets below freezing my wife and I argue about who's 4R gets to stay in the garage.... I bet you can guess who wins that one... |
Sounds like a common problem. Thanks
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02-17-2020, 10:54 PM
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Get an ice scraper.
If your windows are iced over, you can't see.
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Flagstaff is about 7,000 feet in elevation and gets 100 inches of snow a year...
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Need to get up there for some play time. My turd gen was a murderer in the snow stock with good tires.
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Oh yeah op.
Cold ****s with every vehicle. Some people recommend products for your windows. Scraper is also a must.
Silicon spray on your door seals when it drops really low. My turd gen would freeze shut until I wised up.
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02-18-2020, 01:31 AM
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Originally Posted by Mutant138
Oh yeah op.
Cold ****s with every vehicle. Some people recommend products for your windows. Scraper is also a must.
Silicon spray on your door seals when it drops really low. My turd gen would freeze shut until I wised up.
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Yeah I definitely have a scraper living up north! Just used to being able to get a window down with a LITTLE ice on them
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Truck is only 2 months old. Voltage is fine. Didn’t check the head lights when starting. But I think battery is ok. It wasn’t even that cold out. Maybe 20F
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Yeah dude, that ain't right. My 2015 with a Batteries Plus Battery dropped Windows at normal speed and it was -9 f up in Vermont last weekend. Sounds like you have a shit battery.
On top of the new battery that I installed, I got a $10 ish voltage meter that plugs into my cigarette lighter. When I started the truck, it was around 14 volts.
I was asking about the lights because my headlights would always dim with the stock battery when I would start up the vehicle. No issues with the new battery.
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02-23-2020, 02:19 PM
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Window wind deflectors help a lot, the rubber doesn't freeze to the glass.
P.S -18C is cute.... Come to Alberta and try some of that -40 weather (-52 with windchill) we have from time to time
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02-24-2020, 05:46 PM
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Yeah dude, that ain't right. My 2015 with a Batteries Plus Battery dropped Windows at normal speed and it was -9 f up in Vermont last weekend. Sounds like you have a shit battery.
On top of the new battery that I installed, I got a $10 ish voltage meter that plugs into my cigarette lighter. When I started the truck, it was around 14 volts.
I was asking about the lights because my headlights would always dim with the stock battery when I would start up the vehicle. No issues with the new battery.
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Interesting. I’ll have to check the battery!
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