Temperature sensor wire harness

[ct_boxster]

I found the number (and ordered) the temperature sensor for my '97 which by looking inside the left side of the bumper, know that it does not have one. I have looked at the parts PDF but cannot find anything if mine is missing the wiring. I am planning on taking my front bumper off soon but want to have all the parts to hook it up if needed.

[Tool Pants]

What month and year was your Boxster made?

If it did not come with the outside temp sensor then it is not pre-wired for it.

[ct_boxster]

What month and year was your Boxster made?

If it did not come with the outside temp sensor then it is not pre-wired for it.

Yes, It was a 12/96 build car, without the temp sensor. Could this be retrofitted?

Thanks.

[Richard Hamilton]

The attached shows how it connects. If I remember correctly, plug X1/1 on a USA car is close to the brake servo, but TP has posted a photo somewhere if you do a search. Sometimes the wires are already connected between X1/1 and the cluster.

Outside_Air_Temp___Boxster_and_996.pdf

[Tool Pants]

Where is your car?

A few years ago I did the retrofit on a December 1996 owned by one of the local guys. He was lucky because he got the sensor from a wrecking yard and they also sent him the front trunk wiring harness. It had the connector that the sensor plugs into, the gromet for the wires, everything. I only needed to separate the temp sensor harness from the horn harness. You also need 2 electrical pins that go into the white connector next to the brake booster.

This will give you a start. Look up the sensor in PET and then look at all the little parts listed under the sensor. You need those parts as well, otherwise there is nothing to plug the sensor into.