Outside Thermometer
06-29-2006 | 11:32 PM
#1
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Joined: 05-26-2006
Posts: 24
From: High Plains of Texas
Outside Thermometer
Occassionally, I notice my outside thermometer on the DIC seems to stick in place. It seems to stay on a certain temperature when I know that is not the correct temperature.
For example, today it was set on 81. I drove by a bank sign that showed the temperature to be 89.
Then something weird happened. I held down the DIC reset button and it immediately started climbing up to 91.
I parked and came back later and it stayed on 91. I tried to reset it again but nothing happened.
It seems to work fine sometimes and acts weird at other times. Anyone seen anything like this?
For example, today it was set on 81. I drove by a bank sign that showed the temperature to be 89.
Then something weird happened. I held down the DIC reset button and it immediately started climbing up to 91.
I parked and came back later and it stayed on 91. I tried to reset it again but nothing happened.
It seems to work fine sometimes and acts weird at other times. Anyone seen anything like this?
07-04-2006 | 12:54 AM
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Joined: 05-26-2006
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From: High Plains of Texas
Does anyone know where the outside thermometer sensor is located?
I'm still having this problem but hate to go back to the service department right now. It seems to stick on a certain temperature and will not change. I wonder if something is blocking outside sensor.
I'm still having this problem but hate to go back to the service department right now. It seems to stick on a certain temperature and will not change. I wonder if something is blocking outside sensor.
07-04-2006 | 01:00 AM
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Joined: 04-19-2006
Posts: 5,065
From: Arvada CO
Reply from another thread. I used search term outside sensor. 
Hope this is what you were needing TxSkyPilot.
Hope this is what you were needing TxSkyPilot.
Originally Posted by cj krause
i know exactly where it is
looking at the front of the car, behind the left or passenger front headlight on the wall behind it you will see a plug and a small attachment plugged on it and that is it.
how do i know?
in putting in the new foglights, i disconnected it to see if that was a cover and was for the fog lights and found out it was the temp sensor
you can reach it from the tire well
looking at the front of the car, behind the left or passenger front headlight on the wall behind it you will see a plug and a small attachment plugged on it and that is it.
how do i know?
in putting in the new foglights, i disconnected it to see if that was a cover and was for the fog lights and found out it was the temp sensor
you can reach it from the tire well
07-04-2006 | 08:07 AM
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Joined: 06-26-2006
Posts: 322
From: Hochspeyer Germany
I don't think I've ever seen a temp gauge so inaccurate as the one in the HHR. It was about 98 here yesterday and my temp gauge said it was 122. The one in my truck is usually only off by 2 degrees at the most, and most of the time it is dead on.