The outside temperature sensor got broken in a 2002 Opel Corsa C with left side steering wheel. It first showed wrong amounts, then it just gave two lines as it can be seen on the picture.
The replacement procedure can be followed on the following video:
The sensor can be found in front of the car in the bumper secured with some plastic clips. You can push the sensor inside with the help of a screwdriver from the outside, then the sensor can be unclipped from its cable connection. You can get to it from the top, I have thin hands, but it may be easier from under the car.
It is strange that the cable harness goes on the left side of the car to the front, then from there a cable goes to the right just to connect the temperature sensor. I do not understand this, why have not they put the sensor to the left, so they could have saved money on cable and connections as well. Maybe a car with more extra equipment has something else connected here.
The sensor is a simple thermistor put into a plastic case:
The German quality is not as it used to be, it has broken in 14 years. :)
I do not know what cost 4,5 USD dollars on this. I think it was produced from 30 USD Cents. Of course the profit of the seller is in the 4,5 USD. Although the replacement sensor I bought is not a Siemens product, I hope it will last another 14 years. It only contains a thermistor inside the plastic case, which changes its resistance depending on the temperature. That is all it does.
This picture is from Wikipedia, owner: S 400 HYBRID
The first Opel was manufactured in 1899 in Germany. Opel became a share-limited company in 1929, United States-based General Motors took a majority stake in Opel that same year. General Motors assumed full control in 1931 and today Adam Opel AG is a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors Company. The Opel Corsa C was manufactured between 2000-2006 in Europe. I think the 1.2 L engine is way too little, it does not have enough power for the car although it produces 75 horsepower. The inside is very durable and the body does not rust after 14 years.
I have already had to fix the dash panel on our car. It happened that while driving all the gauges and lights turned off on the dash panel. If I hit the dashboard with my hand, the gauges turned on again. It was obviously some kind of electrical conduct problem. I had to take out the gauge panel from the dashboard. On its back there was a very bad quality connector which caused the problem. It is so terribly designed that I was shocked. I have put some WD40 contact liquid on the contacts and it is working since.
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