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Intake Air Temperature Switch: Description and Operation



Intake Air Temperature (IAT) sensor
The Intake Air Temperature (IAT) sensor is a thermistor device mounted inside the MAF sensor. It provides an input signal to the ECM proportional to the temperature of air passing through the inlet duct into the engine. A DTC is recorded if the voltage input signal from the sensor to the ECM is outside pre-defined thresholds at the High or Low end of the scale.