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Hi all

Had to go into the dealers to sign some paperwork yesterday and had a look at my new ST parked round the back

I was looking inside and noticed a small dome shaped thing in the middle of the dashboard close to the windscreen

does anyone know what it is

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    Sunload sensor for the climate control. At least that is what it says in the user guide.

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    +1, definitely the sun load sensor.

    It enables the climate control to take direct sunlight into consideration when maintaining the temperature set on the controls.

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    Is that used in the manual climate control as I didn't order the automatic one

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    I don't have EATC and mine also has the dome shaped thing on the dash board. Is it just dummy unless you have the EATC?

    Sent from my GT-N7100 using Ford OC mobile app

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    Probably just a dummy as you say.

    Earlier cars had just a circle in the dash plastic where the sensor could be fitted if in the spec.

    Obviously now they're following Peugeot, Fauxhall etc and building a bump in for aesthetic reasons.

    (I know i mispelt V#####ll, totally intentional ;))

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