Overhead Temperature Display Stuck?

It is 17 degrees celsius outside today, and I was working on my stereo, adding in the metra Axxess steering wheel controls.

Anyways after much messing around and re-wiring my stereo harness all is well.

When I took it for a drive I noticed my overhead temperature indicator is apparently "stuck" on 7 Degrees or 46 degrees F


Anyone else ever had this issue? It's been hours and the temperature hasn't moved at all.

Thanks.

 

Well I took it for a longer drive, and after about 10 minutes it started working again.

Weird, but it seems to be fine now.

 

Yes, had it happen a half dozen times or so. These displays have a known mfg defect and I expect mine (and probably yours) will fail totally at some point. Lots of threads on how to fix it. Here is a good one... surprised it hasn't been made into a sticky yet.

http://www.tacomaworld.com/forum/2nd-gen-tacomas/18497-overhead-compass-temp-fix.html