New Message on my dash, oh boy!
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Thank yourself lucky - mine had a hugely irritating yellow snowflake light at any temperature 5 degrees C or below which stays on all the time until the outside temperature rises above this point.I know dealerships can turn this off however, what a stupid feature. A warning, fine, but to remain lit without any way of the driver cancelling it is an oversight.
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My yellow warning light doesn't stay on, but I get the same "low outside temperature" warning at anything below 40 degrees F. You can push the button on the end of the stalk and it will go off for a few seconds, but then comes right back on. It stays on until the temp rises well above 40 degrees. Looks like that won't happen until about April.
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Thank yourself lucky - mine had a hugely irritating yellow snowflake light at any temperature 5 degrees C or below which stays on all the time until the outside temperature rises above this point.I know dealerships can turn this off however, what a stupid feature. A warning, fine, but to remain lit without any way of the driver cancelling it is an oversight.
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I think in the US it was only on the early 2002-2004 cars, maybe before they changed some of the electronic things in 2004. I had a 2005 and thankfully I never had that on mine and it surely would have come on at some point living in Wisconsin. Either that or the previous owner before me somehow had it disabled. Always thought those things were stupid. I mean, you walked out to the car and you could see what it looked like outside and could feel what the temperature was and even if you were driving a long time or went into the mountains you could see what the outside temperature was.
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Yep similar experience.
We get a lot of frost in the UK.
Come out to car 6.30 am. It's covered in frost as is the ground.
Slip on bum "several times"
Find scraper. Scrape frost off side windows.
Hands are now freezing.
Get in car, switch on, get the annoying snowflake sign that wont go off.
What's it telling me?
THAT IT'S COLD.
Thank you Mr Jaguar designer "you are a genius".
We get a lot of frost in the UK.
Come out to car 6.30 am. It's covered in frost as is the ground.
Slip on bum "several times"
Find scraper. Scrape frost off side windows.
Hands are now freezing.
Get in car, switch on, get the annoying snowflake sign that wont go off.
What's it telling me?
THAT IT'S COLD.
Thank you Mr Jaguar designer "you are a genius".
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You can turn on/off the message and the chime and reset the temperature threshold with the SDS/IDS software.
Mine is set so that the message is sent only below zero, and it clears as soon as I hit the buttob on the stalk.
The car also plings at me once at 34şF and three times at 32şF along with the ice warning message. I drive up and down through the mountains here, and you can drive in and out of freezing roads half a dozen times between here and the children's hospital...the pling helps to keep me from getting stupid!
Mine is set so that the message is sent only below zero, and it clears as soon as I hit the buttob on the stalk.
The car also plings at me once at 34şF and three times at 32şF along with the ice warning message. I drive up and down through the mountains here, and you can drive in and out of freezing roads half a dozen times between here and the children's hospital...the pling helps to keep me from getting stupid!
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They can be all over the map. I think a lot of US dealers just set up "whatever" in their basic file and flashed that in before delivery.
In the software, you can control so many different things. I'm pretty sure you can use the Mongoose (Mangoose) rig to set most of the parameters, too.
If you have the "Information Centre" display, you won't have the snowflake.
In the software, you can control so many different things. I'm pretty sure you can use the Mongoose (Mangoose) rig to set most of the parameters, too.
If you have the "Information Centre" display, you won't have the snowflake.
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They can be all over the map. I think a lot of US dealers just set up "whatever" in their basic file and flashed that in before delivery.
In the software, you can control so many different things. I'm pretty sure you can use the Mongoose (Mangoose) rig to set most of the parameters, too.
If you have the "Information Centre" display, you won't have the snowflake.
In the software, you can control so many different things. I'm pretty sure you can use the Mongoose (Mangoose) rig to set most of the parameters, too.
If you have the "Information Centre" display, you won't have the snowflake.
Beg to differ - I have the information centre and the yellow snowflake. A Brucie bonus, clearly...!
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"A warning, fine, but to remain lit without any way of the driver cancelling it is an oversight."
Just thought I'd crawl out from under my rock to mention that when my low temp warning shows, I briefly press the reset button (for the mpg / trip meter reader etc) and it stays off until the temperature rises and drops to 4°again.
I'd be well chuffed if it works for anyone else, it'd mean I've contributed to this great forum!😊
Just thought I'd crawl out from under my rock to mention that when my low temp warning shows, I briefly press the reset button (for the mpg / trip meter reader etc) and it stays off until the temperature rises and drops to 4°again.
I'd be well chuffed if it works for anyone else, it'd mean I've contributed to this great forum!😊
Last edited by Shepherd; 01-11-2018 at 04:20 AM.
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