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Beep after driving a while, display of outside temp

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Bill Bradley - 14 Dec 2007 12:32 GMT
I have a 2007 Legacy GT 2.5 Sedan, and, have been noticing that, after I
first start the car and begin driving there will be a "beep", and the
odometer display briefly flashes the outside temp, then returns to the
odometer display.

I don't know if this is after a timeout, certain number of miles driven,
certain temp or what.  I usually notice it only after the first time I drive
the car (don't recall it happening, say if I drove from home to a store, on
the way back from the store).

Anyone know why this is happening, and...how to turn it off?

Thanks.
Steve Jones - 14 Dec 2007 22:51 GMT
> I have a 2007 Legacy GT 2.5 Sedan, and, have been noticing that, after I
> first start the car and begin driving there will be a "beep", and the
[quoted text clipped - 9 lines]
>
> Thanks.

Could it be this?
From the owner's manual (didn't see an indication on how to turn it off):

When the outside temperature is 378F
(38C) or lower, the display flashes ³OUT
TEMP 378F (38C)² for 3 seconds and
gives a notice to the driver that the road
surface may be frozen. After 3 seconds, it
returns to its original indication of the
outside temperature and journey time.

If the outside temperature drops to 378F
(38C) or lower while the display is giving
an indication other than the outside
temperature, the display shows ³OUT
TEMP 378F (38C)² for 3 seconds before
returning to its original indication.

If the display is already indicating an
outside temperature of 378F (38C) or lower
when the ignition switch is turned to the
³ON² position, the display does not shows
³OUT TEMP 378F (38C)².
Ray - 15 Dec 2007 02:46 GMT
> From the owner's manual (didn't see an indication on how to turn it off):
>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
> gives a notice to the driver that the road
> surface may be frozen.

I guess now we know where NASA engineers go when they get laid off.

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Ray

Bill Bradley - 15 Dec 2007 10:07 GMT
Sad, but true...

Thanks.

>> From the owner's manual (didn't see an indication on how to turn it off):
>>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> I guess now we know where NASA engineers go when they get laid off.
George Mills - 16 Dec 2007 00:52 GMT
Three hundred seventy-eight degrees Fahrenheit does not equal thirty-eight
degrees Celsius does not equal freezing temperatures does not equal good
sense. Is this a weird piece of Japlish??

Jim Bartley on PEI--like I had on my 1973 Mazda Rotary RX-3.

37.8 F is pretty close to 3.8 C, actually 3.22222

>> From the owner's manual (didn't see an indication on how to turn it off):
>>
[quoted text clipped - 3 lines]
>
> I guess now we know where NASA engineers go when they get laid off.
Bill Bradley - 15 Dec 2007 10:07 GMT
That's probably it.  Must've missed it in my manual.  I SWEAR it did it this
summer, too, but, might be wrong...

Thanks.

>> I have a 2007 Legacy GT 2.5 Sedan, and, have been noticing that, after I
>> first start the car and begin driving there will be a "beep", and the
[quoted text clipped - 35 lines]
> ³ON² position, the display does not shows
> ³OUT TEMP 378F (38C)².
James - 15 Dec 2007 11:27 GMT
>> I have a 2007 Legacy GT 2.5 Sedan, and, have been noticing that, after I
>> first start the car and begin driving there will be a "beep", and the
[quoted text clipped - 35 lines]
> ³ON² position, the display does not shows
> ³OUT TEMP 378F (38C)².

Explain the figures because to me 378F is enough to roast anything outside
the car :) (around 200C). 37.8F sounds more logical ...being 3.2C.

James
Steve Jones - 15 Dec 2007 14:38 GMT
> >> I have a 2007 Legacy GT 2.5 Sedan, and, have been noticing that, after I
> >> first start the car and begin driving there will be a "beep", and the
[quoted text clipped - 40 lines]
>
> James

heh. Looks like my copy/paste from the manual converted the degree
symbol to an 8.

Steve
 
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