My check engine light came on when starting my car yesterday morning at -4 F. I retrieved the code and it was code 5 for the EGR inoperative. The car is my 1994 E320 wagon. I've read the clear code procedure but my questioin is would very cold weather cause this or was it ready to fail anyway? Could it be ice clogging the EGR?

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