Outside temp reading is incorrect on dash readout. Help?
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Yep....Mine did it when they performed the transmission TSB. The sensor is in the bottom side of the passenger mirror. The dealer tried a replacement temp sensor from stock and got the same reading. They had no idea why it was getting the false reading. It corrected itself within a half hour on the way home that same day. Has not done it since.
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If you're talking about the 2007 truck in your profile, the sensor is in the front of the truck on the plastic shroud next to the driver's side headlight. Check out this thread for a picture:
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...re-sensor.html
Now this is just the sensor for the outside ambient air temp. I'm not sure if that's what's wrong with yours but it's good starting point. I don't recall any way of resetting that from any of the menus / settings in the EATC.
Sorry to ask a stupid question but is the unit set to Fahrenheit or Celcius?
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/8...re-sensor.html
Now this is just the sensor for the outside ambient air temp. I'm not sure if that's what's wrong with yours but it's good starting point. I don't recall any way of resetting that from any of the menus / settings in the EATC.
Sorry to ask a stupid question but is the unit set to Fahrenheit or Celcius?
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after you replace the sensor it will stay at the same temp it was reading. when the truck is sitting still it will only go up 1 degree every 20 minutes, but when the truck is moving at least 30? mph it will adjust 1 degree evry 30 seconds or so
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Got the the same problem with my 04 EXP. Temp reading would be ok at start up and idle, but as soon as I would get to highway speed it would creep up to 120 or so and stay there until I would stop and idle for a few minutes then it would slowly fall back down. Recently the thing reads 50 deg all the time.
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