Q: My ambient air sensor needs replacing. A rat got in the engine compartment and chewed away the wire. So probably need to splice a

asked by on June 17, 2017

My ambient air sensor needs replacing. A rat got in the engine compartment and chewed away the wire. So probably need to splice a new wire

My car has 120000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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