ocklitic

i've got a forester s-turbo which has an outside temperature gauge (lcd read-out) on the instrument panel. during the recent cold snap, i've noticed that the temperature reading at any given time seemed a little high. discussing this with a colleague with a vectra with a temperature gauge heightened my suspicions. last night i left a thermometer on the outside of the windscreen. this morning the thermometer was reading 2degC, when i got in the car, the gauge was reading 4degC. hmmm …..

has anyone else noticed similar symptoms?? can these things be re-calibrated??

now i know this all seems a little sad but i’ve got 2 points here …..

1. if the gauge is giving a false (high in this case) reading, i could be led into a false sense of security, potentially dangerous if there’s ice on the road
2. if you pay £22k for a car, you would expect them to get the outside temperature right!!

thanks

ock

scooby_jim

I haven't seen the gauge in my WRX fall below 1oC even in the latest cold snap when it was obviously below zero. Could have something to do with the position of the thermometer sensor though, no wind chill being taken into account etc...

Jim