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How to Replace Ambient Air Temp Sensor 2006-18 Jeep Wrangler

Created on: 2019-05-06

Check out this video to learn how to remove and replace a dirty, broken, cracked, or failed ambient air temperature sensor on your 06-18 Jeep Wrangler.

  1. step 1 :Removing the Ambient Air Temperature Sensor
    • Remove six grille panel clips along top of grille with a plastic fastener remover
    • Pull grille straight forward
    • Disconnect the lower bulb connector
    • Remove the ambient air temperature sensor with a plastic fastener remover
    • Disconnect the ambient air temperature sensor electrical connector
  2. step 2 :Installing the Ambient Air Temperature Sensor
    • Install the ambient air temperature sensor by locking the plastic mounting tab into place
    • Reconnect the ambient air temperature sensor electrical connector
    • Reconnect the lower bulb connector
    • Replace grille
    • Replace the six plastic panel clips along the top of the grille

What's up guys? I'm Andy from 1A Auto. In this video, I'm going to show you how to replace the ambient air temp sensor on this 2015 Jeep Wrangler. If you need this part or other parts for your vehicle, click the link in the description and head over to 1aauto.com.

Now we're going to pull these clips out. There's three on this side, three on this side. Just use a trim tool, get underneath the clip. Take that out. Do the same with the other ones. With that loose up top, just grab with two hands and just pull straightforward. Be careful, these little lights are still connected.

All right, now to remove this, I'm just going to take the whole socket out. It's a little bit easier to untwist that. There's a little lock there. You have to move the lock to disconnect the connector. Set those aside. Same with this side, take that off. And there's the grille.

Just going to take a trim tool, take this little retainer off. Let's get the center out and just slide it forward, just like that. Disconnect the connector right here. Just push on the tab and slide it out.

Take this sensor and slide it back in position. And then push on the retainer, lock it in place. Take the clip, install the connector, and lock it in place.

Now I'm going to line this grille up. First I'm going to put these lights back in. Lock that in like that and do the same with the other side. Or if you disconnected them at the connector, plug those back in. Line these tabs up on the bottom and just push this on. Take these pushpins and push these back in.

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