I was just wondering about shifting in the cold weather. During a very hard cold snap in Dec. Anyway we went ice fishing and are atv's where parked on the side of the house. it was like -20 and very windy. When we went to leave we started the avt's and went to take off and his would not shift so we let his warm up for 30 min and we tried it again and it still would not shift so he had to use his lever that comes in the tool kit. Is there anyway of fixing this or when the ES's not made for harsh Minn cold

 

I have had my ES through two winters now and have had no trouble shifting yet. I don't believe that the cold was the problem unless there was ice build up on the sensor. Sometimes just shutting the machine off and restarting it will re-boot the computer and then it will shift fine.

 

Greetings,

I had difficulty shifting during extreme cold (by Pennsylvania standards) but a new battery solved the problem. My battery had been drained repeatedly while waiting for recall parts. I had to pull-start it all that winter (with negative effects on both my hands and my language) and it eventually wouldn't charge up or hold a charge even through a day of riding. In cold weather, it just didn't make enough juice to shift properly -- even when warmed up.

On one 5 degree day we even had trouble with the screen display going into a scramble. I suspected that the low oil temp (i.e. higher viscosity) had something to do with the reluctant shifting, but since replacing the battery its worked just fine in all conditions.

Now, on those few occaisions when we got hung up in 3rd (always shut off in N) or it wouldn't shift whatever, a good dose of just fooling around with it seems to solve the problem. Shut it off and let it sit a minute, or rock it, or just do something and it seems to find its way back.