Euro Outside Temperature Gauge

[MiSloVic]

nope.. dealer said no problems with sensor.. i noticed that happened only occassionally when the temperature goes above 30c. thus, i'm not too fussed.

1 other thing i noticed is the temperature will only show a max of 45C. 2 weeks ago, when the temperature hit 47C in melb, it won't budge above 45C. my other car showed 50C (it was baking under the sun) the same day.

[Rob_A]

I would never for a moment expect the outside temp sensor on any car to be dead accurate. Majority sit on the radiator support panel. (between bumper and radiator)

Therefore surrounded by heat from the engine, the road, traffic. So many variables and things to effect it.

Next time its a hot sunny day get the front bumper in the sun park and see how far its out then

Rob

[integrator]

What I have notice with my car is that the longer I have the car on the more accurate it becomes.

ie 45min drive is more accurate than a 10min drive reading

[MSKYO]

During Melbourne's heatwave of 3 consecutive 43 degree plus days in succession a few weeks back the temperature gauge on my Euro would not go any higher that 37. A couple of Saturdays ago when we had the the 47 degree day which sparked the bushfires it wouldn't go any higher than 38. That said, outside of extreme weather conditions I have found that it is usually quite accurate when you compare it to the weather updates on the radio etc.

[che_ryan]

I found out that most of the time when my temp gauge reading awfully wrong when the car is stationary. I did try wait inside the car for 10 - 15 mins (with engine turned on) the gauge reading stay still, but as soon I start driving the next 2 - 3 mins the reading start to move to where the right temp reading should be. Don't know if there's any tech knowledge to back up this weird theory? I'll leave it till my next 50K for the Honda to have a look at it.

[Crapdaz]

During Melbourne's heatwave of 3 consecutive 43 degree plus days in succession a few weeks back the temperature gauge on my Euro would not go any higher that 37. A couple of Saturdays ago when we had the the 47 degree day which sparked the bushfires it wouldn't go any higher than 38. That said, outside of extreme weather conditions I have found that it is usually quite accurate when you compare it to the weather updates on the radio etc.

is that while driving or stationary?

logically you'd think that when stationary the temp should be higher cause there is no cooling air, and so forth for when your in motion it should be cooler.

[che_ryan]

yeahh I think you might be right altough, the temp differences seems to be quite big don't you think (38 and 47)? as if it's stuck. I mean, maybe 2-5 degree out would be possible but biggeer gap that that would be quite wrong I'd say.