I have a 2006 R52 S that I have had for 5 months. I’m still learning all the quirks this car has. Well, I discovered a new one that I thought I would use to start this thread about cold weather issues that you may have experienced. If you have an unusual issue when the temp dips below 32 F, then let us know. Here is mine.

We had our first freeze here in north Texas. The temp dropped to about 25 where I am. I went out in the morning to take off and started the car. I didn’t let her warm up more than a few seconds (I know not a good thing), and tried to put it in reverse. The stick felt like it was glued in place; I couldn’t budge it with normal pressure. In fact it took quite a bit of pressure to get it into reverse or first. Fearing that I might break something if I continued using excessive force, I waited till the temp came up to full temperature. I said a little prayer and then shifted into reverse. All was well and felt normal. Anyone else experience this phenomenon or know what causes it? It hadn’t rained just a little frost on everything. Thanks I advance. Can’t wait to hear other’s experiences.

Tranny fluid was recently changed using Redline. It’s not a case of the gears not meshing as I can put it in gear it’s that the stick had to have unusual force to move it into gear. Hard to explain. I wasn’t forcing it into gear it was just extremely stiff. Only time it’s ever done it and hasn’t happened since. I am waiting for a similar cold morning to see if it happens again. Clutch was fully depressed. I’m 59 yoa and driven manual vehicles from motorcycles to fire trucks that had to be double clutched to mesh gears. Never experienced anything like this.

Thanks JeffM. That sounds like the most likely cause as it went away after I warmed up the vehicle. Hopefully any water that was in the cables has dried till next time.

Wow! Are you referring to the in glass defroster? What do you mean by “blew out?”

I’ll be sure not to use the rear defroster in a blizzard or really cold weather.