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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 12:17 PM
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So yesterday my outside temp was off. but this morning it was this..

maybe it was because I parked in the shade? LMAO

What does this mean? after driving for a little bit it goes back up..
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 12:28 PM
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you live with santa? lol
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 01:25 PM
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u have a bad outside air sensor is what it seems....
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 02:34 PM
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You got a bad ambient temperature sensor. Fixed it for you Brian
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 02:50 PM
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Eh I've seen mine say -22 before, but always adjusted to the correct temp.
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by sakataj
u have a bad outside air sensor is what it seems....
Originally Posted by GS4_Fiend
You got a bad ambient temperature sensor. Fixed it for you Brian
cool..is that hard/expensive to change?
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 03:45 PM
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mines says the same thing but it doesnt correct itself at all.
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Old Aug 10, 2010 | 04:14 PM
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I had this happen to me the other day, it was almost 95 outside
but my temp readout that it was 60
& it took a good while to read the right temp
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Old Aug 11, 2010 | 11:08 AM
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Originally Posted by GS4_Fiend
You got a bad ambient temperature sensor. Fixed it for you Brian
ty john, i had a brain fart and couldn't think of the wording and was busy an d didnt have time to correct my wording later...let me know bout these headlights

Originally Posted by LudeNsoL
cool..is that hard/expensive to change?
i wouldnt think so....i think there are 2 sensors. abel had a pdf of these awhile ago. might be able to search and find them
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