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stevedee3
31st August 2006, 11:01
Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone's had this happen...

This afternoon I started my car and the graphical information display was showing the outside temperature as "--.-", where normally it would show something like "21.5". After 5 minutes or so it started showing the correct temperature. Has anyone ever had this problem?

Ta.
AJA
31st August 2006, 11:05
I'm no expert but it sounds like there's an initialisation problem with the canbus module controlling the sensor (at a guess) ;)

Is this the first time it's happened?
stevedee3
31st August 2006, 11:10
I'm no expert but it sounds like there's an initialisation problem with the canbus module controlling the sensor (at a guess) ;)My guesss is that maybe the controller didn't like the intial temperature value and so ignored it for a while...


Is this the first time it's happened?Yes.
AJA
31st August 2006, 11:32
Hopefully it's just a glitch and will sort itself out. :)
DennisTheMenace
31st August 2006, 13:50
Mine comes up with F every now and again .
AJA
31st August 2006, 14:00
FFFFFFreezing :flail:
Gsi3.2
1st September 2006, 07:21
may well be the start of the sensor failing.. they're not all that robust..
stevedee3
2nd September 2006, 05:30
Well it's behaved itself for the past few days, so hopefully it was just a temporary glitch (fingers crossed...).

I guess they're probably not too expensive to replace if the thing fails more convincingly.
Gsi3.2
2nd September 2006, 07:29
about ten pounds.. i don't know what that is un AUS$..

if it's a difficult or dear buy them drop me a line as i regularly send goods down to melbourne so a little further is no probs.
stevedee3
2nd September 2006, 07:37
about ten pounds.. i don't know what that is un AUS$..The "Holden dealer parts profit" conversion factor is what really hurts... :fear:


if it's a difficult or dear buy them drop me a line as i regularly send goods down to melbourne so a little further is no probs.Thanks Gsi3.2. I'll bear that in mind if the thing starts failing regularly.
Gsi3.2
2nd September 2006, 07:40
That or anything else steve..

if you see something in the UK that you can't get out in Aus..drop us a line. ;)
afterburner
5th November 2006, 15:17
Think mines on its way out as its reading 21c and its been frosty here all week in the morning.