My car thinks it's really, really cold outside

[Mitch90535im]

At lunch today my outside temperature was showing anywhere from -2 F to -515 F. Is that most likely to be a bad outside temperature sensor or something else? I don't think I know exactly where the outside temperature sensor is located or whether it is replacable or not.

[dacoyote]

At lunch today my outside temperature was showing anywhere from -2 F to -515 F. Is that most likely to be a bad outside temperature sensor or something else? I don't think I know exactly where the outside temperature sensor is located or whether it is replacable or not.

in the US... I think it's under the passanger side bumper....

[Jeff N.]

...under the bumper where the sensor is located and just behind the sensor is a connection. Pull it apart and blast out any water and clean off the corrosion. Replug and wait a day.... this usually fixes the problem.



At lunch today my outside temperature was showing anywhere from -2 F to -515 F. Is that most likely to be a bad outside temperature sensor or something else? I don't think I know exactly where the outside temperature sensor is located or whether it is replacable or not.

[liquidtiger720]

In the us...its next to the drive side foglight.

[ThoreauHD]

It's a little yellow and black ambient temperature sensor. 25 bucks and just pop it out and pop the new one in. Very easy, except for crawling under the car.

[Jay 535i]

Perhaps you've just accidentally set the guage to display the current temperature on Mars.

[BillionPa]

UM...... -515 is lower than absolute zero, how the hell did that show up?

[Jay 535i]

UM...... -515 is lower than absolute zero, how the hell did that show up?

Parallel universe?