What is this hole (maybe some kind of sensor?)

Asked by fsdfas Oct 12, 2016 at 05:11 PM about the 2011 Ford Focus

Question type: General

What is this?

This is some kind of sensor, I think. But it makes a noise sometimes. So I put tape over it. Or sometimes, I put my finger into it to stop a motor in the sensor, so the noise stop temporally.

A noise really irritates me.

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opps, maybe it is difficult to see by above photo. bellow is better one https://s11.postimg.org/tj42rlj9f/DSC_0kk033.jpg Do you see a hole between my shoe and key cylinder?

temp sensor? hun.. It has small motor inside which rotate all the time. it must be sucking air or putting out something

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It is the in car temp sensor.. it will make noise when it's clogged try blowing it out with compressed air

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That is a dual purpose sensor. It can monitor the temperature in the car for cooling purposes and also allows the nsa to listen in on your conversations. The tape was a good idea

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