Description And Operation: Description: Notes

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The sensor used is a thermistor (NTC) in which resistance changes with temperature variation.
When the TCM supplies about 5 V of power to sensor, the sensor output value changes depending on ATF temperature.
Oil temperature sensor is installed on the valve body integrated with a main harness module.

Fig 1: Transaxle Oil Temperature Sensor

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