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[puma80]

Hi my temperature  readout is telling me it's 30 something degrees while I'm scraping ice off the windows it does seem to correct it's self at times but soon transports be back to the Bahamas
Is this an easy cheep fix or just ignore it
Look forward to your responses
Regards Jason

[05omegav6]

Open the bonnet, the sensor for the outside temp display is located below the centre of the number plate and clips to the bumper just behind the lower grill. A decent sized puddle or similar can dislodge it pretty easily, so you might find it bouncing around next to the front fans. Obviously if it's near a warm or hot radiator and out of the airflow it will be reading alot higher

All assuming that it isn't flitting between centigrade and Fahrenheit of course...

[puma80]

C/F was my first thought but it is showing oC I will try and locate the sensor and check it's position but it's reading high even first thing in the morning with minus temperatures

[Andy B]

... or just ignore it
 ......

Bare in mind that later/face liftcars also use this sensor for the climate control 

[puma80]

I've checked the temperature sensor found it easily from your description but it was sited correctly and on inspection no visible faults or water ingress.  Is there any thing further I can do

[Andy B]

.....  Is there any thing further I can do

A new one was around £6  ...... but apparently there's a connector a bit further back up the loom that gets corroded.