What would cause a 2006 Honda CRV dashboard to flash and reverse the guages on startup when it is freezing?

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We park our Honda outdoors and when the temp goes below freezing, the dash flickers on and off (including the center console features), all of the guages (tach, fuel, oil,speedometer) drop down and knock against the pegs at the bottom.  The trip meters on the odometer also reset to 0 each time and the seatbelt alarm beeps until the driver buckles it.  The colder it is the longer this lasts but it does go away when the engine warms up.  I've had it in the shop twice but they haven't found the problem.  Any ideas before I take it in a third time with no results?

Michael B · Accepted Answer

I'm presuming you have been taking it back to the dealers shop? Mysterious problems like that can sometimes be isolated by having the dealer search service bulletins...if they have none similar, they should also report it to the district/home office design engineers. 

It may be a single instance, or it may be a model problem that needs some type of recall. At any rate, the people who designed it need to get involved.

Taking it to a "generic" repair shop probably won't help much with something like that.

Austin N · Answer

What is happening is your o2 sensors are freezing up in near your exhaust out take.  You might have an air leak.

Or it could be that its too darn cold.

What would cause a 2006 Honda CRV dashboard to flash and reverse the guages on startup when it is freezing?

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