Barometric Pressure (BARO) Sensor
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The BARO sensor directly measures barometric pressure to estimate the exhaust back pressure. Exhaust back pressure influences speed density based air charge computation. For vehicles with a BARO sensor, the sensor is integral to the PCM. For vehicles without a BARO sensor, the value is calculated from other sensor inputs to the PCM.