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Old 08-02-2005, 12:35 PM
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Originally Posted by skiier3_9
Interesting...perhaps thats why its not working I'd check behind the bumper to see if the sensor has become lodged back there. My car was doing about the same thing (displaying 136F or nothing at all) and it was the sensor. I replaced it with a $1.00 3k thermistor and it has worked well ever since.
Tell us more regarding this "thermistor"?

I've heard of this fix, but I don't know what a thermistor is.

Mine reads off (+- 11 degrees) or doesn't work at all. Obviously, replacing the sensor wire didn't do the trick...
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