What in the hell?

[VW_Factor]

What is this little guy for?

 

[lint]

I'm pretty sure it's a conversation starter.

Edited July 30, 2010 by lint

[adamzan]

Do you have auto climate control? I think its the ambient air temp sensor.

[tmoore4512]

My initial thought was an airbag sensor...but...

[Specv1973]

Diconnect it and find out....while everthing is on including the engine. Just what I would do......I'm not a profeesional mechanic though and I take no responsibilty for what might happen....LOL......but nothing bad ever happened to me yet on my pathy, and I've diconnected just about every electrical connector I can get my hands on to check them and also see what they do sometimes. Just a thought......someone else may disagree I'm sure.

[VW_Factor]

No auto climate control AFAIK. I mean, the temp slider has temps written on it, however they are no where near close.. hah..

 

No airbags or the like, and everything seems to work normally with it unplugged.

 

/stumped

[silverton]

That is the location of the ambient temp sensor for the auto climate controls. Yesterday I was mucking around and found out that full hot on mine is 150 degrees. sweltering!

[nunya]

Hit it with a hammer!

[nismothunder]

Kill it,Kill it...

[tmoore4512]

That is the location of the ambient temp sensor for the auto climate controls. Yesterday I was mucking around and found out that full hot on mine is 150 degrees. sweltering!

Nice! After ditching my clutch fan and changing the t stat and the coolant...my heat actually worked for once...(and my wife didn't complain anymore.)

 

Hit it with a hammer!

This comment brought back a memory...

 

Funny (not at the time) and true (seriously, it happened) story....

 

My wife had a 1996 Saturn SL2 and bumped into a lady at an intersection, didn't hardly do any damage, just spider webbed the paint a bit, and crinkled some plastic... a few hours later, it is sitting in the driveway, windows down...the kids are in the little pool, and the wife and I are sitting in lawn chairs enjoying some time together...all of a sudden...BAWOOM!! The two airbags (steering wheel and dash) deploy...now how in the HELL do you explain that to the insurance company?? Went to the JY and got the dash piece and a new steering wheel...sold that POS...(my wife wouldn't drive it anymore, said it was possessed!)

[GrimGreg]

Nice! After ditching my clutch fan and changing the t stat and the coolant...my heat actually worked for once...(and my wife didn't complain anymore.)

 

 

This comment brought back a memory...

 

Funny (not at the time) and true (seriously, it happened) story....

 

My wife had a 1996 Saturn SL2 and bumped into a lady at an intersection, didn't hardly do any damage, just spider webbed the paint a bit, and crinkled some plastic... a few hours later, it is sitting in the driveway, windows down...the kids are in the little pool, and the wife and I are sitting in lawn chairs enjoying some time together...all of a sudden...BAWOOM!! The two airbags (steering wheel and dash) deploy...now how in the HELL do you explain that to the insurance company?? Went to the JY and got the dash piece and a new steering wheel...sold that POS...(my wife wouldn't drive it anymore, said it was possessed!)

Delayed reaction much? There is a reason I hate those explosives in the dash of new cars!

[BIGPHIL]

i know what that is............ its the continuem transfuctioner

[Tungsten]

It's the airflow sensor to measure airflow through the radiator. I wouldn't mess with it.

[flnl]

Ambient sensor.