Euro Outside Temperature Gauge

[aday]

The outside temperature display on my 05 Euro has been playing up the last couple of days. Last night, at a BOM-comfirmed 24 degrees, my gauge wouldn't budge from 27 degrees during an hour-long drive. And today, during a drive lasting over 30 minutes in cheery 38-degree heat (gotta love Adelaide), it's stuck on 33 (although it did move to 34 degrees for the last couple of minutes of my trip).

Has anyone else experienced a temperamental outside temp gauge in their Euro?

I know I can adjust the gauge up or down 3 degrees, but mine seems to be sticking, both over and under the actual temperature. I guess it's time to visit the dealer.

Cheers, Ads

[Euro76]

Mine playing up occassionally, I think this needs adjustment too. Aday, press "i" button for 5 secs and you can find configuration for temperature if I'm not mistaken.

[aday]

Mine playing up occassionally, I think this needs adjustment too. Aday, press "i" button for 5 secs and you can find configuration for temperature if I'm not mistaken.

Mine's the 05 model without the trip computer, so I don't believe I have an "i" button. But there are instructions for altering the temperature gauge baseline in the owner's manual. That's all I've found so far.

[aaronng]

carry a thermometer with you so you can confirm the local temperature.

[aday]

carry a thermometer with you so you can confirm the local temperature.

My route today was always within approximately 3km of the BOM weather station in Kent Town, Adelaide. Pockets of variation will exist, of course, but not to that degree, and besides that, my temperature indicator just about never budged. At one point today I drove my Golf V around the block to see what it thought: 39.0 degrees.

[yfin]

My route today was always within approximately 3km of the BOM weather station in Kent Town, Adelaide. Pockets of variation will exist, of course, but not to that degree, and besides that, my temperature indicator just about never budged. At one point today I drove my Golf V around the block to see what it thought: 39.0 degrees.

Don't those weather stations measure temp a certain way - eg always in the shade at a certain height? Your temp reading in the Euro is never going to be as accurate as BOM. As a reference I was in my dad's Volkswagon Passat yesterday and it was showing 37 and at one stage 39 degrees temp - but the temp in Melbourne didn't go over 34 yesterday. I think you are being too fussy if you expect it to be perfect.

[aaronng]

If you think there is a problem with the thermocouple, then you'll have to get the dealer to look at it.

[yfin]

Aday

Calibration steps from the workshop manual below in case you wanted to do this yourself (sensor behind front bumper beam). Looks easy enough. The submerge test looks like a good way to see whether your sensor is working properly.

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Calibration:

The outside air temperature indicator's displayed temperature can be recalibrated ±3° to meet the customer's expectations.

1. Turn the ignition switch ON (II).

2. Push and hold the reset select button for 10 seconds. While you continue to hold the button, the display will scroll through temperature settings from +3° to -3° as shown.

3. When the desired correction value appears on the display, release the button, and the recalibrated outside air temperature will be displayed.

NOTE: To recalibrate the display to the true temperature, remove the outside air temperature sensor (A), but leave it connected. Submerge the sensor and a thermometer (B) in a container of ice water (C). Select the calibration mode as described above, then recalibrate the display to the true temperature

[tony1234]

Looks like a trip to the dealer aday.

[EuroDude]

Is there any way to view the inside temperature on the center console besides using that special debug mode?

[Suntzu]

LOL. Dont you guys realise what the BOM says and what you get will always be different due to the fact that the BOM is measured IN THE SHADE in a controlled precise environment.

You car has shit loads of variables on it like engine heat, paint colour ,air flow, proximity to the ground....

Come on. Be realistic.

[Edgeauto]

I have tested many of these against a thermometer, they have all been accurate to 1 degC although no where near the outside temp.