I was resetting the maintenance required light and kept holding the buttons down, I heard a beeping sound and my outside temp gauge was counting.....1.....2.....3.....

Has this happened to anyone else?

 

yes, its a way to set the temp if it is off. when i first got my car it was always 6 degres or so high. so i used that to fix it. i found it by accident when i was trying to reset my service light. the ignition has to be on the first position to reset, second for the temp.

 

PHEW!.....I thought I screwed something up or someone put a BOMB in my car....

 

So the counting is the number of degrees you want to adjust the thermometer by? How do you tell if you want to add or subtract X-degrees?

 

It cycles 0, 1, 2, 3, -3, -2, -1 and back around again.

 

How do you true up the outside temperature? Stop by a bank and look at their temperature? Listen to the weather? hold a meat thermometer beside your car (lol)?

 

I thought you can only reset the maint. light. It's not mentioned at all about adjusting the temp gauge. I am lost. What position is for what?

 

Everything will work....(I think...)

 

I thought the ignition has to be at 2nd position (every indicator lights up) to reset the service light......
NO?????????

 

Thanks davest.