On my way home from work last night I unfortunately hit a dog doing some damage to the passenger side of my front bumper, and completely shattering the fog light assembly. The dog was lost, it appeared as though he was dead at impact. Anyway, I just noticed on the way into work this morning that the temperature readout in my gauge cluster now reads "F---Icy", and will no longer give the outside temperature reading. Is there a temp sensor for it somewhere in the front bumper? Although the bumper mostly rebounded back into shape, it took a pretty good impact. Just want to know if there is a sensor, where is the exact location so I can make sure I fix it as well when I replace the bumper and fog light assembly.

 

yes, passenger side behind bumper mounted below on the metal cross member. the dog probably took it with him

 

Great, any idea what it looks like or a part #? I'm assuming that it is likely broken now or missing.......Thanks for the info.

 

Yes, it's the ambient temperature sensor. All it is, is a probe that reads the outside temperature, feeding it back into the cluster. Not sure of the part number...will have to go to the dealer for that. Shouldn't be that much since aftermarket mirrors with temp readings basically use the same type of sensor.

 

call DaveB, he'll hook you up with the correct part number and good price on a replacement.