Stupid light question
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Stupid light question
My car is a 1990. The headlights are manual, you turn them on when it gets dark via a switch on the dash. However, there's a little plastic round thing in the middle of the dash toward the windshiled. It looks like a light sensor like my other cars that have automatic headlights. I's in the middle of the plastic panel where the defrost blows through. What is that?
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Originally Posted by jsup
My car is a 1990. The headlights are manual, you turn them on when it gets dark via a switch on the dash. However, there's a little plastic round thing in the middle of the dash toward the windshiled. It looks like a light sensor like my other cars that have automatic headlights. I's in the middle of the plastic panel where the defrost blows through. What is that?
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From: Central Pennsylvania
Originally Posted by Lars87
I belive it is a sensor thats controlles the light in your digital cluste..... 
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From: Lacey WA RVN 68-69
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It's called a "Sun Load Sensor" and it is part of the climate control system. It's there on all later C4's but only the RPO C68 Electronic Climate Control System got the components that are under the little dome.
The temperature sensor for the outside air temp display is located to the passenger side of the A/C condensor under the car where air is taken in for the radiator.
The temperature sensor for the outside air temp display is located to the passenger side of the A/C condensor under the car where air is taken in for the radiator.
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It is a noxious emissions (gas) detector. When it senses impurities in the passeneger compartment air, it opensthe baffle in the ventilation system allowing fresh air to enter the vehicle... 
