Outside Temperature Display

[Topper1]

Can anyone tell me if there is a chip that controls the Temperature Display?

[philipa_240sx]

The outside temperature display is part the gauge cluster. It reads the ambient temperature sensor located just behind the front grille (basically a thermistor).

It more than a simple chip, the gauge cluster is computerized and aside from controlling the gauges, it's also responsible for the paddle shifters/manual shift, a host of warning lights, and the trip computer including the outside temperature display.

If you wondering if you can add the outside temperature display to your Rogue, the simple answer is NO. There is no way to modify your gauge cluster, reprogram it, change a chip, etc.

The entire gauge cluster is over $560 US , replacing yours for one with the temperature display is not cheap if it can even be done at all.

[Topper1]

Thanks philipa for reply. I have temp display in my Rogue but at my age I never really got used to Celcius and wondered if possible to change to F.?lol just to old to change. Thanks again.

[philipa_240sx]

Unfortunately, Nissan never gave us the option to switch between C and F. Don't know why as it would have been easy enough to do... the speedo has both km/h and mph markings, why not the temp gauge?

[Elton Noway]

Unfortunately, Nissan never gave us the option to switch between C and F. Don't know why as it would have been easy enough to do... the speedo has both km/h and mph markings, why not the temp gauge?

Probably a decision made by the same genius Nissan engineer who thought the Rogue speedometer needed to go to 160 mph.

I'd rather have had the display calibrated at 120 or even 100 so it would have printed graduations at the 5 mph increments. (e.g. 50 - 55 - 60 - 65 etc)

[tcmo]

I do not understand the 160 mph speedometer either. That is truly stupid. I would much prefer the 120 mph with gradations at 15, 25 etc.Not being able to change from F to C is dumb also.

[philipa_240sx]

These are just some of the quirks on Nissan vehicles. Only the engineers know why they do things a certain way.

[mattyjrich]

I had to post on this too, the speedo should go to 120mph so more detail (10, 20, 30, 40 , 50, 60 ect) could be shown on the dial.If I were designing the dash I would shrink the tach to give some more room for the multi display. There is alot of information in that little circle wedged between the speedo and tach... tach and multi display should be about the same size

[tcmo]

Not being able to change from F to C was probably an accountants decision to save a buck. The 160 mph speedometer was marketing: "Look dear, it will do 160 mph".

[philipa_240sx]

Not being able to change from F to C was probably an accountants decision to save a buck. The 160 mph speedometer was marketing: "Look dear, it will do 160 mph".

Your guess is as good as mine. Perhaps we should ask the Nissan engineers in the UK that designed the Qashqai on which the Rogue is based. They drive on the right side there and use the metric system.