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AehTc · 12-20-2004, 05:39 PM

i live in michigan where it was about 3 degrees yesterday. i started my car put my seat belt on and drove off to school, i was in my subdivision for a while but then got out on a main street and was driving 50, that when i noticed that i doing 3200 rpms

. i stopped at a light about 10 min after a left my house and when i got up to 50 again it was normal at like 2000 rpms, and this happend to me actually about 4 times now since yesterday. anyone know y this happens

mahalzkita28 · 12-20-2004, 05:50 PM

maybe the car wasnt warmed up?

matt_a · 12-20-2004, 05:51 PM

Either your car was so cold that something was actually "stuck", or the car was winding out the gears on purpose to warm up. I had a 2000 Silverado that did that. If it was really cold out, it would wind out the gear changes for the first 10 minutes of driving. Once everything warmed up, it would go back to normal shift points.

oneismany · 12-20-2004, 06:02 PM

MT or auto?

nixr6 · 12-20-2004, 06:07 PM

had to have been an auto...and it was shifting late...maybe a warm up feature? not sure...either way for some reason it just didnt shift.

litobirdy · 12-20-2004, 06:17 PM

you didnt let it warm up enough.. my old car does it too.

Joehnn · 12-20-2004, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by AehTc

i live in michigan where it was about 3 degrees yesterday. i started my car put my seat belt on and drove off to school, i was in my subdivision for a while but then got out on a main street and was driving 50, that when i noticed that i doing 3200 rpms

. i stopped at a light about 10 min after a left my house and when i got up to 50 again it was normal at like 2000 rpms, and this happend to me actually about 4 times now since yesterday. anyone know y this happens

Scions do that until the little blue warm up light goes out.

smurf3642 · 12-20-2004, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Joehnn

Scions do that until the little blue warm up light goes out.

What little blue warm up light??

sportmaned · 12-20-2004, 06:24 PM

we have a little blue warm up light ?o_O

litobirdy · 12-20-2004, 06:49 PM

maybe his scion xB.. but i dont see any on the TC

matt_a · 12-20-2004, 07:00 PM

The xA has the blue light too. It's the engine coolant "idiot" light. It's blue for the first few minutes if the car is cold, it goes out when temps are normal, and if it comes on red, you're screwed.

otacon88 · 12-20-2004, 07:39 PM

where's the blue light on the tc?

sciontc_mich · 12-20-2004, 07:51 PM

there isn't a blue light on the tC.. it's on the other models..

as far as high rpms.. it won't go past either 2nd or 3rd gear when it's that cold.. im in michigan with an auto tC as well.. and it does this when it's cold to warm up the car quicker.. just take it easy until it warms up..

**dgHotLava** · 12-20-2004, 07:58 PM

yeah, when its cold it wont shift into high gear...

the best way to warm up the car is to drive it. if its really cold out it might take a really long time...

it's normal on newer cars...

zac · 12-20-2004, 08:09 PM

our tC's dont have the "warm up light" because we have a temperature gauge, just watch the gauges and youll know when your car is warm and that should be about the same time that it starts driving normal

acasanova · 12-20-2004, 09:42 PM

You possibly have it in 3 Gear instead of D they are next to each other right left make sure its on d .

hal9000 · 12-21-2004, 12:01 AM

this has been happening on my tC(auto) now that's it cold and the car hasn't been warmed up enough...running late for work today so i didn't have time to warm it up long and it was over 4,000 rpm on the highway for a few minutes...it was -12 this morning...said so on the TV and was surprised to see the same -12 on the tC temp display.

Setarcos4131 · 12-21-2004, 03:30 AM

man i am so glad im not anywhere near up north anymore (NY -Staten Island Native)...i miss NY...but i sure as hell don't miss the weather..everythings peachy here in FL...everyone should come down and visit

franktherank · 12-21-2004, 04:55 AM

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Originally Posted by zac

our tC's dont have the "warm up light" because we have a temperature gauge, just watch the gauges and youll know when your car is warm and that should be about the same time that it starts driving normal

the xa and xb dont have a temp gauge?

sciontc_mich · 12-21-2004, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Setarcos4131

man i am so glad im not anywhere near up north anymore (NY -Staten Island Native)...i miss NY...but i sure as hell don't miss the weather..everythings peachy here in FL...everyone should come down and visit

i can see the mass exodus to your place setarcos4131.. I say ROAD TRIP!!

(from michigan here, basically the north pole..)