Has anyone experienced any start-up problems due to single digit temps? The reason I ask is this morn my 99 felt like it's battery was dead. It took two tries and then started up with a weird smell.

 

nope

 

Not an issue.

test ur battery.

Get a yellow top Duralast.

 

When was the last time you changed your battery? It will struggle in colder temps if it's on its way out ... but that's just a bad sign of things to come.

 

It's been 8 months. The Starter and Alt were also changed out at the same time. I didn't realize it would cause that much strain on the battery.

 

What kind of battery? I hardly doubt it will get this cold until at east next winter down in ABQ again, so keep that in mind when purchasing your next battery.

Starting amps, temperature, etc. all play into the dynamics of that little turn over, especially at extremely cold temperatures.

Mine was slightly hesitant today, but not too bad. -10ºF.

 

i've had problems too, difference is it starts up on first crank over night, but then after running and being shut for severals hours at work it hesitates and i have to crank it like 2-3 times and give it gas

 

most likely not a battery problem..

 

yeah that sounds more like fuel pressure regulator. Do a search. there is a how to thread for diagnostic and replacement.

Basically if the car has trouble starting up from sitting overnight, but starts up easily if only sitting a few minutes, then your fuel pressure regulator isnt holding any more and its time for replacement.

 

 

it's gotten as cold as 37F here in socal, and no starting issues with my 99.

 

u socal ***** lol. 37 deg F man???? u guys must be trippin out over there. But that aint sh*t. When u see a snow pile 20-30 ft high and ppl sleding down it, off their roof!!! Now that trip u out lol

 

fixed

 

There were subzero temps around here the last couple of days and I couldn't get my maxima to start for 2 days. New battery which had plenty of juice, that wasn't it. The engine would turn over and just occasionally sputter very briefly. After it warmed up a bit I was able to start it after some more serious tries. I could always smell ethanol so I'm betting it has to do something with the oxygenated fuel and the cold air temps.

Had the car 5 years or so and never experienced a problem like this.

 

ha!

thats if u wanna pay twice the price for the optima with less CCA.

check the facts

http://www.autozone.com/autozone/par...mString=search

 

a failing engine coolant tempature sensor will cuz very hard starts in cold weather trust me went through it last year there days i couldnt even get it started bad thing was it didnt even throw a code put a new one in and never had another issue

 

prolly jus needed a jump.