Hi all,

So I went out in the blizzard Sunday night for an hr or so then parked the car until this morning.

Well this morning I tried to move the car and it won't move when releasing the clutch and giving it gas. It doesn't feel like it's trying to move. I tried a few times and started getting a bad smell so I stopped. The motor dies if u release the clutch but the car doesnt budge. I wasnt able to physically push the car either..There is a fair amount of snow in the wheels/wheel wells is it possible something is frozen or something?

 

its absolutely frozen. let the car warm up a little rev the motor a bit and dump the clutch. it will release. Happened to me a cpl times yesterday and again this morning.

 

hmmm...I've had mornings where I go out and my parking brake is slightly frozen...so I guess it's possible that something is iced-over. Usually, mine will have a slight resistance, and then make a popping noise as the wheels are released.

If this was happening to me, the first thing I would do, is get rid of any snow around or under the car...then as long as it's warm enough outside, the car should be able to thaw-out a bit...You could also probably let the car sit and idle for a bit - that should definitely help thaw things quicker...but I wouldn;t try to move the car again until you feel like it shouldn;t be frozen.

If your car has completely warmed-up, and you still can't move, then there's trouble...GL man!

 

I cleared all the snow from my wheels yesterday and when going back to my car this morning they were frozen...again.
I tried feathering the clutch and gas a bit to get it to unstick...didnt work.
U have to give it a decent amount of gas and pretty much dump the clutch. the smell (which i got to) is probably your brakes. Unless its your clutch from trying to feather it...

 

Same thing happened to me monday morning after i drove a friend home sunday night. Im thinking frozen rotors because snow gets packed into our wheels fairly easily i let mine idled for about a half an hour then just rocked it back and forth and it finally budged did not sound good to me tho :/

Try getting a blowdryer and try blow drying inside the wheels maybe it will thaw faster then letting it idle.

 

Blow dryer doesn't get hot enough.. use a heat gun.

 

Do you use the ebrake? If so, that's what's frozen.

 

haha i tried to get to wawa and my driveway is on an incline...
damn thing won't budge... until I rocked... i hope it doesn't damage ebrake or rotors

 

if the evo x is anything like the IX (havnt done the brakes on this evo yet) then the ebrake works similar to a drum system. Theres an entirely seperate braking system within the rotor for the ebrake.

 

Had this exact same thing happen to me...all four calipers had iced themselves to the rotors. I pulled all four wheels off and tapped the rotors with a rubber mallet until the rotor was free (should move back and forth an inch or so when it is free). You could try doing it without removing the wheels but I wanted to be thorough.

 

Alright no ebrake in the cold anymore.
Do you just leave yours in gear then?

 

I would still use it SLIGHTLY if I was on any kind of incline at all. But yea its def frozen.

 

Thanks guys, i dont really drive her in the salt so ill just wait till the next slightly warm day and hopefully shell be good...funny how this doesnt happen to my piece of **** 96 civic with 250k on it lol

 

I heard about this happening to a guy in tahoe after a day of snowboarding. He gathered up few people and urinated on all of his wheels/brakes. I'm not sure how true this story is but shoot, might work if you ever get stuck somehwere with no hot water.

 

Lmao never even would have thought of it, but sure could help.

I have a somewhat level driveway so I just leave all my cars in gear, especially since the parking brake in my 87 mustang hasnt worked in years and ive parked on some serious hills, although much less chances of the weight turning the compression of a v8 because the additional 4 cylinders but still.

Either way if you need to just put wheel chocks/piece of wood/a huge rock w/e behind your wheels if you don't feel good just leaving it in gear.

I've seen some funny objects in some peoples cars they would use as a parking brake, so funny