Take it back to them. My 15 Black platinum cools just fine.

 

I plan on getting an infrared thermometer tonight and an analog gauge to insert into the vent. Can someone advise what readings I should expect to receive?

 

War Eagle.

I can't seem to find my analog thermometer. I know on home A/C systems, you generally loom for 10 degrees cooler than you have it set. Not sure on a car.

What part of Ga? How far is another dealer?

I would say if you need to use Crystal or someone else on the boards from Ford severe, to make sure this gets fixed.

I use window shades to help keep the heat down in the truck. It's still hot at the end of the day, but I can touch my dash and not burn myself.

And the air from my vents is Cold if you hold your hands to it. Now it takes maybe 5 minutes to get that way in the heat of the afternoon, but it gets that way.

 

Go to a different dealer. Should be Ice cold out of the vents especially a 2015 with 2200 miles. Something is wrong.

If you got a small thermometer the center vents should be about 40-45 degrees F.
Make sure you have it one "recirculation"

Matt

 

did a quick test this morning between my truck and my work tahoe. The tahoe on 60 degrees NOT on recirculation and without the rear a/c engaged was blowing around 47 degrees according to the infrared thermometer. The 250 was blowing at 58 degrees, the truck was on max a/c with recirculation engaged on high fan speed. I ran the truck for about 3 minutes. the tahoe was blowing that cold after roughly 30 seconds.

 

HAHAHA..."master reset on the cooling system!" Is that what they really said? It's not a computer where you just reboot and its fixed. It's a mechanical compressor with plumbing, condenser, drier, evaporator, etc. All the climate head does is determine whether to open the cooling door or heating door, whether to actually engage the compressor or not, how fast to run the fan, and what vents to blow it out of.

Sorry, this is not right. I don't have any way to register how cool the A/C is coming out of my vents, but yesterday the temp was 97F with oppressive humidity up here in NH...and I was perfectly cool after running the A/C for about 5 minutes. Granted, my truck is white, but my last 2012 was blue...and it worked as well. There should be little appreciable difference between the A/C function in a Ford/Chev/Dodge, etc...they have to be competitive.

 

In my 2015 Lariat I'm turning my temp up to auto 72 on a 94 degree day because it's too darn cold. The pulldown is not what I remember from my vehicles in the 80s and 90s, but with the new systems available there aren't any systems out there that work that great. Problem is specific to your truck.

 

My new 2015 XLT cools fine. I did have all the windows tinted after about a week though. I hear a constant psssssssttt noise from the a/c at times though, not sure what it is and my f150 didn't do this. Anyone else?

I read a thread few years ago where a guy put pipe insulation on his a/c piping under the hood and it helped his issue. Not sure if this is needed on a SD.

 

Thanks for following up, zach3713. I'll get this into the hands of your regional customer service manager; I know they'll work hard to make sure you stay cool. PM me your full name, best daytime phone number, VIN, current mileage, and servicing dealership. Leave the rest to me.

Crystal

 

My 2012 is having issues too, works for a few days maybe and then blows HOT air, may come on after a few hrs or a few days, never know, and of course never blows HOT when at the dealership, I'm losing way too much work sitting in a shop where they can't find the problem. My F450 is my work truck!

 

Sounds like a frustrating issue, Stumblefoot, especially in the summer. How many miles are on your rig?

Crystal

 

PM sent: the truck has 178XXX miles, freon is good compressor kicks on, when it works it works good, but will shut off going down the road and blow HOT not ambient air but heated air, this may last for a few hrs or a few days, then it kicks back on. I can't blame the dealership as it never fails when they have the truck. Cant fix it if it aint broke.....But is terribly frustrating. And dangerous with cabin temps reaching 130--150 @ 65-70 MPH with windows down. And very uncomfortable at stops!

 

Thanks for following up, Stumblefoot. If it starts happening regularly or you're able to duplicate it easily, see if you can take your tech on a test drive. If they're able to see what you're describing, they'll have a better chance of diagnosing it for you. Also, keep in mind that you're free to get a second opinion at a different Ford Dealership. You can find some local options by entering your ZIP code here: Ford Dealers | Locate a Ford Dealer Near You | Ford.com

Crystal

 

06 6.0

Middle of the day the ac system takes a few minutes to get going. Remote start usually helps and going about 60mph the temp at vents is about 40-44 deg.

That's in Houston with 95-100 deg weather and ungodly amounts of humidity.

 

So, today after I got home, it was 94 out, I started the truck and ran it for an hour. Temp never got much below 60. I went through a big rain shower and the temp outside dropped to 75 and then the ac blowed at about 55.

Crystal, i'm about to message you. thanks for reaching out.