Before i say anything, I have a 2010 STX

I wanted to ask this, because there is another forum, where a guy added the sensor, but couldnt get it to work. Now i accidently pushed my climate control "on" button and defrost button at the same time one day. This lit up my dash with options i know i do not have, such as dual zone temp control, and to my amazement... exterior air temperature! So theres power there.

Any opinions on this?

 

Soooo...no one huh?

 

I'm interested in this as well. I found it strange that my $15,000 civic had a temperature display on it but my $40,000 f150 doesn't...lol

 

I tried it on a 2010 XL and it went to 88 with a fan symbol. Nothing more.

 

My 2010 lariat says the exterior temp in the factory nav.

 

Yes, this tells me there's power to it. And I know that there is no sensor. You have to buy it separately. My 2010 STX seems to have "roughed in" wiring. As I was able to add auto headlights recently. I read on another forum (f150online I think) of a guy who plugged a sensor in, but couldn't get it to work. I was just checking if anyone on here tryed yet.

Cuz I think all you need to do is disconnect the battery, connect the sensor, and recnnect the battery

 

I am curious as well if you found anything out since your last post or know how much the sensor costs

 

Holy crap! Yes!! I'm sorry I didn't update this thread!!

The sensor was around $40. But I got lucky and found one out of a totaled XLT we had at my work(I work at a body shop). But, that alone wouldn't work. So I had all but given up, but then I put in heated side mirrors. I wanted the factory defrost button, so I found a new climate control on ebay for $30(I got lucky, typically these are $100 or more) and once I put that in, my ext temp worked!! I actually did a write up on it. I'll link it in the next post.

 

Here is the link


https://www.f150forum.com/f38/2010-s...irrors-139749/

 

So here is what know. When you push the two buttons in on he climate control it does a display test of all the segments in the display.

Now on to the rest of you question. I have a 2010 XLT with the temp readout. I replaced my climate controller after I replaced my regular mirrors with heated tow mirrors. My temp display went out and I had to bring it to a dealer to have the programming reset. I know you can add the thermistor and I am pretty sure the wiring is there to do it. I believe you will have to bring it into a dealer to have it turned on so you will be able to use it.

Later Mike