Kimper
Member
Well this is my first post since I purchased my recalled 2011 Jetta sportwagen with manual transmission 3 weeks ago. My issue is this, I live in Minnesota and work in northern Minnesota where it gets cold (-40 two weeks ago without windchill) and for some reason when my car sits outside and I go to start it I get nothing. All the lights come on like they are supposed to but it doesn’t crank over. I bought a frost heater and if it’s plugged in it seems to not have a issue or if it sits at home in the heated garage it doesn’t do it but if it sits outside unplugged like yesterday it fails to turn over. BTW it was 16 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday when I went to leave work so it wasn’t cold by any means. The few times I have had this Issue I have fiddled with the key and kept turning the ignition on and off and it seemed to work. The car only has 32000 miles on it and the battery is brand new from VW. Does anyone have any info that can guide somewhere. I see they have issues with ignition switches but why would the cold effect that?