What is this?

[SiriusPilot]

Took the bumper off to replace the fog lights and saw this, anyone know what it is and what it plugs into?

 

[SiriusPilot]

Nevermind Facebook helped me, it's the outside air temperature sensor

 

[Snicklefritz]

And? Where does it plug in? I would like to know, since you brought this up.

 

[Thomby]

And? Where does it plug in? I would like to know, since you brought this up.

Kia Stinger - Ambient Temperature Sensor - Air Conditioning System

Right here:

 

[Snicklefritz]

Cool. Thanks. The curious question is, how did that get unplugged in the first place? It looks like it's hidden behind the crash bar.

Was the dash showing the temperature outside, or is that a completely different sensor from the AC system?

 

[SiriusPilot]

I've only had it for 2 months and found that the guy that had the car before me did a lot of messing around with it. I took the bumper off to replace the fog lights and found that dangling along with a lot of broken vent clips. So either him or when I blew off the hot side intercooler hose. The clip for it, where its supposed to pop in is loose so I just zip tied it and no problems.

 

[Snicklefritz]

I've only had it for 2 months and found that the guy that had the car before me did a lot of messing around with it. I took the bumper off to replace the fog lights and found that dangling along with a lot of broken vent clips. So either him or when I blew off the hot side intercooler hose. The clip for it, where its supposed to pop in is loose so I just zip tied it and no problems.

Did you happen to notice if your dash displayed the outside temperature? If that still showed, then that disconnected AC ambient temperature sensor is literally not connected to the outside temperature sensor that displays on the dash. You've made me casually curious and Ima just asking questions to answer this one.

 

[SiriusPilot]

Yes it did display the OAT and also on the display when I changed the climate settings. All the wiring was still connected but the sensor wasn't mounted, just hanging around

 

[Snicklefritz]

Interesting. So, the outside temperature sensor is something/somewhere else. A search doesn't turn up anything to point to a Stinger sensor location, or even what the sensor looks like.

 

[SiriusPilot]

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[Thomby]

Interesting. So, the outside temperature sensor is something/somewhere else. A search doesn't turn up anything to point to a Stinger sensor location, or even what the sensor looks like.

Maybe I'm reading this incorrectly, but I interpreted it as the sensor itself was not disconnected electrically from the harness, it just wasn't snapped into its mounting location. So functioning, but dangling.

I'd always understood that to be the source for the outside/ambient temp displayed on the dash, since pretty much anywhere else but out in front of the car would be impacted by its own heat.

 

[SiriusPilot]

Right and I agree it's not far from all the engine heat, especially when sitting still

 

[Snicklefritz]

Maybe I'm reading this incorrectly, but I interpreted it as the sensor itself was not disconnected electrically from the harness, it just wasn't snapped into its mounting location. So functioning, but dangling.

I'd always understood that to be the source for the outside/ambient temp displayed on the dash, since pretty much anywhere else but out in front of the car would be impacted by its own heat.

That makes more sense. The appearance of the dangling sensor looked like a disconnected plug to me and I didn't even question it. Hah.

 

[Volfy]

The outside air temp sensor is the thingy that is at the end of that connector. It's probably just an RTD. None of them are very large. That wiring harness is normally clipped to the front radiator support so it sees the incoming air.

 

[Buzzman12]

The outside air temp sensor is the thingy that is at the end of that connector. It's probably just an RTD. None of them are very large. That wiring harness is normally clipped to the front radiator support so it sees the incoming air.

In the first pic, it looks like the temp sensor is there, plugged in to the harness. The previous owner just didn't bother snapping it back into the proper location. Lazy.
Also, which fog lights are you talking about? Mine doesn't have any fog lights in the front bumper.

 

[SiriusPilot]

No it doesn't come with fog lights so I added my own