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Howdy all,

My heater/climate control unit does not seem to function properly. I only get cold air at 18'c or hot air at any tempertaure above 18'c.

I tried the settings with the a/c on and it made little difference (i.e. the air-con worked but still only left me with hot or cold - so settings in between).

I also tried running the diags and everything appeared normal for most of the settings. When I put it to the sensor check, where the number "5" appears, I pressed the window de-fog button (bottom right next to the recirc button), and i got a reading of between 18'c and 21'c for the first setting (which I assume is the inside air temp - seemed about right), and I got -30'c for the second (no idea what this reads).

Anyone got any ideas? It kinda sux only having a hot or a cold setting, because the climate control does not function properly....

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Behind the little slits in the centre console that look like

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type thing...

There's a climate control temp sensor.... It should have an electrical plug and a suction hose connected to it... make sure bith of these are connected.....

Doc.

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HEL-RZA

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Tool the calibration in the climate controll is out or the external temp sensor is faulty. the climate control thinks the out side temp is -30 so it wants 2 blow hot air to warm the car up. try resetting the climate control (same way as rebooting the ecu) i think that should work. if not then need a new external temp sensor.

hope this helps

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scorp

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I've got the same problem..... where would I find the external temp. sensor??? :confused:

I'm guessing it's somewhere at the front of the car since thats where all the damage from 'the accident' happended, and before that it was all working :D

Robo Community Regular

Robo

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You'll find the external temp-sensor just under the horn.

At the very front of the car (in the middle).

It's black and is about 3-4 cm's long...

Hope that helps. (I had to re-locate mine as I installed an FMIC).

Cheers

Rob

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Madtrang Community Regular

Madtrang

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The external temp sensor on my r32 was on the frontbar just behind the number plate.

it's a black little like box, with a metal bracket on it, and a bit of wire.

mayb unplug it, clean it out, u may need to replace. Not sure how it works,

i think the sensor is an active sensor, so it might work from a voltage return.

or it might work by resistive.

I know when i diconected mine to see what would hapen it showed -30'C.

So check the wiring on the plug, move it about....

u may need a new sensor, or your wires shaged or mayb where ever it goes into is disconected or shaged.

Good luck.

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zzsprade

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The external temp sensor on my r32 was on the frontbar just behind the number plate.

it's a black little like box, with a metal bracket on it, and a bit of wire.

mayb unplug it, clean it out, u may need to replace. Not sure how it works,

i think the sensor is an active sensor, so it might work from a voltage return.  

or it might work by resistive.  

I know when i diconected mine to see what would hapen it showed -30'C.

So check the wiring on the plug, move it about....

u may need a new sensor, or your wires shaged or mayb where ever it goes into is disconected or shaged.

Good luck.

Madtrang,

I had a look and was able to find the sensor.

I am little curious as to how you disconnect it. Mind you I was using a blue led light in a car park (really hard to see but better then nothing), as I couldnt find a torch.

It had a cable coming out one side with tubing around it, and the otherside had the bracket connected to it.

So if you could give me any help with disconnecting/reconnecting it that would be fantastic!

-Alex

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