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Old May 9, 2006 | 01:18 PM
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Originally Posted by xcutter
Mine works the same way. I have an appointment at my dealer to check that out and a few other things on Weds. If I find out anything, I will let you people know.
Same here!
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Old May 9, 2006 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Datawiz
The outside temp gauge on mine is absolute crap. It has NEVER worked correctly and I've had my car 15 months. I told the dealer about it very early on and I got the usual run-around. Hell, mine can stay on the same temp for 2 15-minute trips and never change, and be about 20 degrees off of the real temp. I gave up. It's not that important to me. Compared to the Crank Pulley, the water leak and the dead alternator, I figure I can live with a crappy temp sensor.
Strange, mine has always been dead on accurate. In fact, it's the first car I've ever seen to have an accurate outside temp.

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Old May 9, 2006 | 08:48 PM
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Mine is slow too, but that's just because it is "special"
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