Dashboard Mystery

[wchettel]

Can anyone tell me what this object on my dashboard is? Is it part of the Lexicon sound system or what?

 

[geneswede]

I thought it was the temperature sensor for the AC unit?

 

[jda8]

It's the temperature sensor for the heating and a/c unit. Virtually every single car made that has an automatic feature in the climate control system has a similar looking small "vent" type apparatus. In some cars, it's just a series of small holes in the dash, and in other cars, such as the Genesis, it has its own grate/vent type thing.

Sorry, I can't think of any other grammatically correct words to use!

 

[wchettel]

It's the temperature sensor for the heating and a/c unit. Virtually every single car made that has an automatic feature in the climate control system has a similar looking small "vent" type apparatus. In some cars, it's just a series of small holes in the dash, and in other cars, such as the Genesis, it has its own grate/vent type thing.

Sorry, I can't think of any other grammatically correct words to use!

Thanks, that's a good enough explanation for me. And now that you mention it, I recall that my prior car (2004 Mercury Sable LS) had a couple of small slots on the center console near the A/C controls. I always wondered what they were also.

 

[landtuna]

Sure it's not a camera checking out your anatomy to set the A/C temp?

 

[AgentSmith007]

Sure it's not a camera checking out your anatomy to set the A/C temp?

Well, you never know.
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