As above, mine went off within a second at -5. Don't think that's right, took for ever to fire

Last edited by landy19840 on 16th Jan 2012 9:45 am. Edited 1 time in total

-5 here glow light didnt come on, car started straight away as usual. the only time I have seen the light come on was last winter when the car had been stood at doncaster Airport for a fortnight at -18 with half a metre of snow on the top the light came on for a couple of seconds and then the car started straight away .

Fob in, foot on brake, button pressed, button released, glowlight on, nothing for 3 seconds, glowlight off then engine turned and started at -4 degrees.

not sure, my car was -2c and i was scraping ice of the side window and then just hopped in and started it, think there was a second or two pause whilst it thought about it.

loan car started straight away, maybe thats because the sales man who took it home over the weekend took 20mins to do his "i'm on my way, ill be there in 2mins" journey and the car was nice and warm, but i was then 20+mins late getting home

-2C here this morning and very short (0.5 sec) delay between pushing the button and starter turning over - Cheers,
Raz
FL1 TD4 GS Auto 2001 Silver
FL2 TD4 Auto 2007 Black
FL2 XS SD4 Auto 2012 Fuji White

Yesterday 0 deg = 1 sec, today -7 deg = 2-3 sec but not been doing anything till now even down to -9.

Richard FL2 07 TD4 GS Auto
Ex 02 TD4 Auto

0 c and started straight away, -2c took 1-2 seconds ,tomorrow will test it forcast is -6 and an early start  2012 MY TD4 SX Manual in very rare Buckingham Blue!

No problems whatever starting down here - it's not dropped below freezing yet

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-2 here too and noticed a delay, take it this is normal!????  2013 B&W edition black of course!
2010 GS where's the snow

Was minus 4.5 here overnight. On starting the car (not used for 2 days) there was a noticeable delay (at least 2 secs) before the starter cranked. I do believe it is quite normal. 10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

Mine was in a heated garage, +15C started immediately

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Mine was in a heated garage, +15C started immediately

Daren't put the car in the garage - it might like it! (No room in garage anyways)  10MY (Sept 09) TD4 HSE Auto in Stornoway Grey (Now Gone)

08 FL2 TD4 SE Manual in Rimini Red (Now Gone)

RRS and ford pickup both start better than the fl2 ever did, I think it has a weak starter and or battery from new At work
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When it's cold I deploy this tactic which makes a big difference:

Fob in ignition but foot off of clutch/brake and press and hold start/stop button. This fires up all the instruments, lights and the glow plugs. Press the start/stop button again before starting as normal and you should find it starts better

Gone mild again now though.  LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
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Your just doing your pre flight checks before you crank it. Mine just starts when it's ready, fob in, press start, short delay depending on how cold it is, starts to crank, fires up immediately.