I live in suburban Chicago, where the average morning temperature has been zero degrees or lower over the past week.<p>When I turn my car on in the morning, it exhibits some sort of "crackling" noise. I leave the heat on when I turn the car off, and perhaps I should turn it off and wait until the engine is properly warmed before I turn it on.<p>But anyway, this has only started occuring the past few days. Once warm, the car runs fine and the engine does not make the same noise on subsequent start-ups throughout the day.<p>Any ideas? Should I call it in? Thanks in advance for any suggestions.<p>AGaur<p>98.5 2.8QTS

I also live in a Chicago suburb and drive a 2.8. I haven't noticed any out of the ordinary noises, aside from the occassional suspension creak. I usually leave my heat set at about 68-70 and on auto, so when I turn the car on, it practically turns itself off. Good luck

This could be a lot of things; impossible to tell from description what is cause. My A4 Avant is quiet, although it does crank a little slower than I'd like (dino oil in engine, rather than synthetic?). On my old Coupe Quattro, the heater fan motor started to squeal like a banshee on a cold start whet it started to let go.