2003 BMW 330 outside temperature stuck at 122F

Tiny
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I had an accident few weeks ago where the car slipped and hit the curb on the right side as soon as I hit the curb the temperature for outside on the dashboard jumped to 122F, I bought a new sensor but that did solve the problem, do I need to rest something?
Thursday, December 27th, 2007 AT 4:52 PM

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Tiny
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The wiring is most likely damaged and will need to be inspected.
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007 AT 11:07 AM
Tiny
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The accident did not get to the wire, the accident only effected the tire and the rim
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Sunday, December 30th, 2007 AT 9:46 PM
Tiny
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Then why did you replace the sensor?
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Friday, January 4th, 2008 AT 11:04 AM
Tiny
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The reason I replaced the sensor because I did soem search on the net and it said that sometimes the sensor will go bad because of hard hit to the side of the car, also it says when the temperature is stuck at 122F that measn teh sensor is bad, but it turned out not to be the case
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Friday, January 4th, 2008 AT 5:40 PM
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Perform a master battery reset. Remove the negative battery lead and then touch the two battery cables together for 5 minutes and reconnect the battery and let me know
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Saturday, January 12th, 2008 AT 11:48 PM
Tiny
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I did what you told me to do, I removed the - wire and the + wire touched them together for 5 minutes and then reconnected them together and that still did not resolve my problem the sensor still stuck at 122F
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Monday, January 14th, 2008 AT 5:59 PM
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This sounds like a IHKA reset issue and you may need to seek out a local BMW professional that has a GT-1 or autologic to resolve this issue.
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Friday, January 25th, 2008 AT 9:31 AM

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