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Old Dec 1, 2020 | 01:00 PM
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Anyone else seems like the outside temp is way off. Anywhere between 5 and 10 degrees?
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Old Dec 1, 2020 | 01:06 PM
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mines dead on, what are you comparing it to?
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Old Dec 1, 2020 | 01:11 PM
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comparing to known temp. cruising at moderate speed

for example its 100 degrees outside and temp show 92
or it 90 and temp gage says 104
This morning is 28-29 degrees and temp says 33
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Old Dec 1, 2020 | 01:24 PM
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My AAT shows accurate outside air temperature on the display as long as I give it time to settle at the current temperature. The AAT sensor is purposely designed to act slowly so that it does not drastically change engine and HVAC operations when intermittently travelling through areas like underground garages, shade, tunnels etc.
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Old Dec 1, 2020 | 01:28 PM
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My 2013 outside temp gauge was spot on.... same with my 2019...
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Old Dec 1, 2020 | 01:32 PM
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i should have been clearing in my response. what is your known source. if your using weatherunderground or some other service the temp might not be hyperlocal, temp can vary that much over short distances. i have a weather station at my house so i know mines within +/- 2 degrees. our year trucks the sensor is in front of the radiator
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Old Dec 1, 2020 | 02:25 PM
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Mine sometimes seems to get 'stuck' on a certain temp for a day or so; then, it starts working again and won't have any problems for weeks. It's very bizarre.
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Old Dec 1, 2020 | 06:20 PM
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My 2020 lariat is awful. I must say, the temp and fuel related systems, DTE, etc is very disappointing vs my old 2005 GMC Yukon.
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Old Dec 1, 2020 | 08:03 PM
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Mine is usually within a couple degrees of nearby weather stations and the thermometers on my front and back patios (which rarely match each other - there is a degree or two of error in any of them).
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Old Dec 1, 2020 | 10:25 PM
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Originally Posted by JS2003
Mine sometimes seems to get 'stuck' on a certain temp for a day or so; then, it starts working again and won't have any problems for weeks. It's very bizarre.
Mine too. It’s pretty spot on for accuracy other than this occasional issue though. 2020 Lariat.

I don’t know if this is related, but sometimes it takes several blocks for my sync 3.4 to become responsive. It will boot up but it doesn’t respond to touches for a while. The backup camera works, the stereo plays music, but I can’t change the Sirius channel, for example. It’s kind of annoying, but it doesn’t happen very often. When the temperature gets ‘stuck’ it lasts much longer than the sync freeze, so they probably aren’t related. Odd.
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