Outside temp guage not so acurate

[dimi_108]

Outside temp guage not so accurate

Bit of a useless thread but one thing i've noticed with this car is that the "Outside Temperature" reading usually seems a bit off by about 2°.
How is everyone elses?

Tonight, it was only 1° off which seems normal.

Btw, yep i know i spelt "accurate" wrong lol typo.

 

[BuzzPuppy]

Maybe the clock tower is wrong?

 

[Skurfer]

You get the heat off the road as the temp sensor is quite low. You will notice it most on a really hot day in summer. Will be reading quite a bit higher as the road is super hot

 

[bradc]

The temp sensor is just in front of the radiator at the bottom of the front bumper, sometimes it reports higher temperatures than it should when stationary or in traffic.

 

[dimi_108]

Makes sense :bigsmile:

 

[Guest]

Mine is pretty much 2 degrees higher all the time. I was blaming it on the fact my car's black

 

[SiliconAngel]

I have a scientific calibration thermometer at one of the places I work - one day I'll strap the probe to the front of the car and let you know how accurate mine is

 

[dimi_108]

Trev can you do it today :bigsmile:

 

[bradc]

Well, I reckon he should have done it yesterday

 

[SiliconAngel]

Not much point - there's no electrics running in the car yet

 

[Tom]

Mine said 35* on a 28* day once lol.

usually is wacky readings haha

 

[dimi_108]

Haha sweet. As long as mine's not the only one

 

[Tom]

yeah haha mine has random temps sometimes LOL.. So you're not alone with that haha

 

[SiliconAngel]

Haha sweet!

Your phrase for the day Dimi?

 

[Likeashot]

I'm thinking my outside temp sensor is cactus as no matter what time of day or temp it says 20 deg all the time. Would it be a hard to get part?