Engine light on. Outside temp says -40

[smiley87]

I just swapped my heated power mirrors out for a set of non heated power towing mirrors and now my engine light is on and evic says -40. What happened? Everything is plugged in correctly and mirrors work

 

[LB3711]

programming maybe?

 

[smiley87]

Would it need to be flashed to take features away? Such as the heated feature?

 

[LB3711]

i bet so

 

[smiley87]

Wow. Seems so stupid. I switched my mirrors on my Chevy and had no issues. Hope this isn't a sign of things to come.

 

[LB3711]

lol its been happening for a while at least on the rams. Most newer mopars most everything is controlled by computer. Need to reprogram for anything added or taken away that is/was OEM. Sucks but thats the way it is now.

 

[smiley87]

Just emailed the dealer and he said bring it in and they will flash it or figure out what's wrong.

 

[LB3711]

nice.

 

[smiley87]

so I found out the outside temp sensor is in the drivers side mirror so thats why it is displaying -40 since the tow mirrors don't have a temp sensor. Thinking the engine light has something to do with the sensor not being hooked up.

 

[LB3711]

Weird. I thought it would be in front by the grille. I guess that's a better place for it. I bet that's the check engine light issue


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[smiley87]

So I tried that on off on off on key thing to read any problem codes and all it said was "done". Gonna go to oreileys at lunch and see if they can scan the truck for any codes.

 

[02Steve15]

Disregard.....

 

[smiley87]

Any suggestions?

 

[smiley87]

Came up as a code "U110E" which is lost ambient temperature. Checking with dealer to see if this can be cleared out and not come back. I don't mind losing ambient temp if it means truck works fine and I can keep tow mirrors on truck

 

[smiley87]

Thought I would update everyone

Took stock mirror apart, pulled temp sensor out and wired it into my tow mirror harness. All is good I got temp display back, and towing mirrors are mounted up

 

[ACGilley]

OK gents, I swapped my factory mirrors for tow mirrors from 1A Auto. Mirros hooked up fine but I had no idea sensor was in mirror. Bad habit of mine is to throw things away I do not use or cannot sell - ergo the original mirrors (trash ran the next morning after I installed). Can you get a replacement sensor from auto parts store? Is there a harness required or is it in place with replacement mirrors? Switched mirrors on multiple vehicles previously (including couple of 3rd gen Rams) and never had this issue. Thanks in advance for the assistance...

 

[ManAndHisRAM]

Good job smiley87. I'm a factory tech and I would have done the same thing. Flashing the computer can sometimes do odd things and your solution is a good one. I'm going to share it with the other Pomoco techs.