I live in Toronto, Canada and we got plenty of snow falling for New Years eve. I believe there was roughly 5cm of snow since countdown to around sunrise. So for the entire day, there was probably 3-5cm of snow on top of the car, some on the spoiler.

So, this morning I went out to warm up the car, I wanted to brush off some snow off of the windows. My snowbrush is located in the trunk so I went on to opening the trunk door. As soon as it was probably 1/5 opened, I started hearing ice crushing from underneath the ice/snow buildup between the top of the car and the spoiler. It didn't sound good for the car at all, so I decided not to continue to open the rest of the way. I just ducked under and grabbed the snowbrush that way. As I was done brushing the excess snow from the windows, I went on to brushing some of the snow on the top of the car. While doing it, I realised that the cold temperature (-20 Celsius) caused much of the snow that was on top of the snow for New Years, had become ice. I didn't want to use the ice scraper on my snowbrush because I didn't want to damage the paint on the car. So I left it the way it is for now. I'll probably have to wait for the ice/snow to melt off naturally...

That was my story, I don't know if I'm the only one, but if you have similar stories like this, please share it with us!

 

i have too and i live in canada.

it seems this car is not made for ours winters...

but i enjoy a lot my fit.

happy new year!

 

Hey fellow Canadian! Here is a somewhat helpful thread for your trouble.

https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/fit-...=hatch+problem

 

So it froze your hatch shut?!?
Man, thats some crazy cold you guys get up there in Canada!

Tyler

 

we got i think about 4-5 inches on new years eve, my fit is still covered in ice

i always keep my scraper in the backseat cause my hatch is usually covered with more snow than the side doors.

 

times like these im glad i live in Seattle Washington. I'd gladly take all the rainfall over these snowfall stories you guys have.

 

No... I can still open it, but when I got to probably a quarter of the way, the ice between the hinges began to crush. And trust me, the sound is awful =\

 

5 cm,..... try over 70 cm in the last week, -28 forecast for tonight, but hey hope your car is ok .. happy new year.

 

we get plenty of snow and ice here in chicago too. i keep my scraper in the rear seat floor (behind the driver's seat).

just do the best you can with snow/ice removal from the glass and get
as much loose snow off the roof. let the rest melt in the sun.

you might want to get a snowbrum. available through amazon.com (or autobarn).

 

wow. thats really cold. and to think, i just went surfing yesterday.

55 degrees fahrenheit in the water and i thought i was about to die. ha.

i love driving my fit when its cooler outside, but i dont know if itd like it too much if it was frozen outside.

 

car actually does fine. ive been motoring my FitS in 5F to 30F weather
the last few weeks and it's been great.

 

For those who wanted to see what I'm talking about... here you go.

 

yep, just looks like my car that's frozen outside right now.