Vehicle in Warm Garage
- If the vehicle is started in a garage that is warmer than the outside temperature, it may take some time to update to the new cooler ambient temperature. It may take up to 10 minutes to reach the new ambient temperature.
- Example 1: Vehicle is OFF for short time or for overnight. Heated garage temp is 70 degrees F (21 degrees C). The outside temperature has decreased during the shut down to 60 degrees F (16 degrees C). The vehicle is started, OAT will register 70 degrees F (21 degrees C) (heated garage temperature). When driven outside the OAT will start to update lower to 60 degrees F (16 degrees C) as the sensor cools off, should take less than 8 minutes.
- Example 2: Same as above: Vehicle is OFF for short time or for overnight. Heated garage temp is 70 degrees F (21 degrees C). The outside temperature has decreased during the shut down to 60 degrees F (16 degrees C). The vehicle is started, OAT will register 70 degrees F (21 degrees C) (heated garage temperature). However, this time, the driver does heavy city traffic driving for 10 minutes of speeds below 19 mph (30 km/h), then gets on the highway at speeds above 19 mph (30 km/h) for at least 2 minutes. When driven outside, the OAT will start to update lower to 60 degrees F (16 degrees C) as the sensor cools off. This should take less than 10 minutes to reach 60 degrees F (16 degrees C).