New owner here, clueless about this icon that started appearing with cooler temps. Is it just a warning to be careful about icy roads? Or something more specific?

 

Thats a heads up that bridges freeze when the temp hits 37 degrees.

 

The flashing icon helps draw your eyes to the temperature readout to warn of potential ice on the road.

 

To add to other posts, see page 75 (hybrid model) or page 67 (non-hybrid models) of the 2024 Owner's Manual where the icon is listed with the following label and footnotes:
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Are you younger than 30?

 

Do you guys read the manual at all?

 

It's so much easier to just ask here🤣

 

I searched. When searching for snow, snowflake, and cold, nothing related comes up.

Yes. It is easier to ask here.

 

The manual is pretty awful to be honest. It should be a third of the length which it could be if they didn’t let lawyers have their say.

 

That means it's cold.

Really - it's just a reminder that the roads might be slick due to low temperature. I can only assume it comes on at 37 F because the roads might be cold enough (32 F) at that point to freeze. So it's sort of a extra-safe warning even though air temps may not have reached 32 F yet.

I used to think it was silly but in practice, it does remind me to slow down on bridges or onramps because those can freeze before normal roads.

 

Thanks. It would be cool if the car did more in terms of performance when it detected low temperatures. Maybe a higher threshold for turning on ABS, or blasting the heat when it first turns on.