Cold weather cold start electrical gremlins

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Dec 14, 2022 | 11:44 AM
  #1  
Hello, new here,

I have a 2002 CL55, and recently out here in California been getting colder weather in the 40's, and in the morning during cold start I get BAS, ABS, Speedtronic messages on my dash, also during this time the steering wheel moves up and down, climate control display goes in and out and if I turn on the seat heaters on the red light goes off, I cants seem to find any info online of anyone else having similar issues, my battery is only 1 year old, AGM battery, I do have a scanner and can see my battery voltage, before I start my car the battery voltage is at 12.2 and drops to 10 volts when starting then goes up to 14.3 volts once car is started, after car runs for a few mins the steering wheel and climate control stop doing there thing but the error messages are still displayed, turn car off and restart and all back to normal. Any input would be helpful, it's bugging the heck out of me and want to try and figure out what's going on,
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thank you


This only happens in the morning on cold start, if car sits at work all day and is cold again when I restart all normal
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Jan 30, 2023 | 05:37 PM
  #2  
No inputs? Someone must have idea's out there
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Jan 31, 2023 | 09:06 AM
  #3  
Low battery voltage would be my initial guess. Cold temperatures are straining the battery, once it charges the electronics operate normally. Charge the battery using a quality trickle charger and see if the problem continues. I use a CTEK charger and seem to have it connected to at least one car all the time. Best of luck.
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Feb 6, 2023 | 01:27 PM
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Thank you for the reply, unfortunately I live in an apartment and don't have access to charge with a trickle charger, like I mentioned earlier I know my battery voltage is between 12.2-12.4 volts in the morning, lol these CL's have so much dang electronics.

Appreciate the help
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