# Outdoor thermometer only reads when someone sits in the passenger seat

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/outdoor-thermometer-only-reads-when-someone-sits-in-the-passenger-seat/100399>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** outback, subaru\
**Created:** [February 24, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outdoor-thermometer-only-reads-when-someone-sits-in-the-passenger-seat/100399 "2017-02-24T23:23:19Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![chipjohnso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@chipjohnso](https://community.cartalk.com/u/chipjohnso)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2017, 11:23pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outdoor-thermometer-only-reads-when-someone-sits-in-the-passenger-seat/100399/1 "2017-02-24T23:23:19Z")

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Everyone I tell this too says I’m crazy. I believe it is the car, not me, as a few other people came up with this idea. Does anyone have any ideas about this?

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**Author:** ![pyrolord314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/6a8cbe/32.png) [@pyrolord314](https://community.cartalk.com/u/pyrolord314)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 12:08am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outdoor-thermometer-only-reads-when-someone-sits-in-the-passenger-seat/100399/2 "2017-02-25T00:08:36Z")

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Completely off the wall guess, I wonder if a wire is pinched somewhere, but when someone sits in the passenger seat it changes the load balance just enough to unpinch the wire…

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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [February 25, 2017, 12:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/outdoor-thermometer-only-reads-when-someone-sits-in-the-passenger-seat/100399/3 "2017-02-25T00:56:52Z")

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Our Acura only flashed a TPMS error when someone sat in the back seat. Dealer never did find the problem and just traded.