Barometric sensor malfunction on my Suunto Ambit3 Peak?

toni_v

The exact same thing has happened to me. Is there a way to use GPS altitude instead of barometric?

halajos

@casimirov I had such an issue once, after a day of skiing. Pressure and temperature weren’t shown on the alti/baro screen, altitude was also completely wrong. Try adjusting the altitude manually to a reasonable value through the options menu. This was the fix for me, and my A3P is still working.

hi @toni_v,
yep, you can create an app on movescount (hint: RESULT = SUUNTO_GPS_ALTITUDE).

casimirov

@andré-faria
I’ve already done this and everything remains the same. I still don’t have values for temperature, atmospheric pressure and altitude does not update. Possibly it was the sensor that failed, no?

casimirov

@halajos
Yes I’ve already done that but later during the activity the altimetry value doesn’t update and during training I don’t have altimetry values, although all gps functions work normally.

casimirov

@walker I don’t quite understand what to do. What will be the advantage or how does it work? Thanks

steb24

@casimirov Did you ever resolve this issue and/or contact support? I also have this same problem with my Ambit3 Peak. Example below 1) from Suunto app with barometric altitude data and 2) from Strava showing GPS altitude. I can’t really reset this manually down from 30,000 to 15!!! Thanks.

Simon

@steb24 This is a somewhat known issue. I had the same. It’s a hardware defect of the pressure sensor/chip. I didn’t get in touch with Suunto, because the watch was well out of warranty. Repairing this will in all likelihood be too expensive.

amidas

I’ve got exactly the same problem about 1.5 years ago. I still use the watch as is.

SUAldana

Hello @casimirov,
How do you recommend cleaning the barometer sensor? I also have a Suunto Ambit3 Peak and it’s not reading pressure and temperature.
Thanks!