Alkap

Hi all,

I have a strange problem with a subject. It does not show me an outside
temperature anymore. Well, it shows sometimes (couple of times in the week),
but this is a nonsens number on it. Like +55 degrees centigrade and starts
to drop like 1 degree per minute. Or sometimes -50 and starts to climb up 1
degree in minute. Although we have something like around 0 degrees
centigrade outside these days. Mostly it is blind and show nothing on
display. It all started after the minor collision with my car to the
front-right corner. Took the car to the shop, they fixed it and while drove
away i found this gauge blind. They told me that they replaced the clima
radiator at the front of my car. I believe that the outside temp sensor is
at the front of that radiator? I took it back to the shop, they measured the
sensor with ohmmeter and told that measuring was ok. I do not think that
they tried different sensor for a replacement. Though they told me that they
need to replace a whole dashboard unit. And they are not sure that this
helps. I am not interested of paying quite alot of money for fixing a
problem that is not sure from failure analyzis. Anyone has similar problems?
Or perhaps you can give me a hint how to find it out myself whether the dash
is broken or not?

Regards
Alkap
'00 A4.