climate control question
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Laughing Gas
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climate control question
Recently bought my first lariat edition superduty. When I try to adjust the temperature there is no 17 or 18 degree option. It goes from 16 to 19. Just finished a road trip and had to switch between 16-19 every 15 minutes to be comfortable. 16 too cold and 19 too hot. Do I have to live with this or is something wrong with mine?
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Recently bought my first lariat edition superduty. When I try to adjust the temperature there is no 17 or 18 degree option. It goes from 16 to 19. Just finished a road trip and had to switch between 16-19 every 15 minutes to be comfortable. 16 too cold and 19 too hot. Do I have to live with this or is something wrong with mine?
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19c too hot? Yes, something is wrong with you. 
I can't say I've ever turned mine down to the lowest setting, so haven't noticed how it works (in terms of numbers).
While it does seem odd, I rather doubt there's anything wrong with your system. I'll have to check mine when I get home and get back to you, unless someone else posts a definitive answer before then.
I can't say I've ever turned mine down to the lowest setting, so haven't noticed how it works (in terms of numbers).
While it does seem odd, I rather doubt there's anything wrong with your system. I'll have to check mine when I get home and get back to you, unless someone else posts a definitive answer before then.
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I checked mine, and it is completely different from yours. If I turn the **** all the way counter clockwise it goes to 60; one click to the right and it jumps to 65 then 66,67 and so on. No 16 or 19 - see? Completely different! 
I crack me up...
I'm not sure what the point of skipping over two degrees is. Maybe it is some kind of placebo effect. It might be interesting to check with a thermometer some day when I tire of watching paint dry or grass grow.
I didn't think to see what the thermostat does at the extreme other end of the scale.
I crack me up...
I'm not sure what the point of skipping over two degrees is. Maybe it is some kind of placebo effect. It might be interesting to check with a thermometer some day when I tire of watching paint dry or grass grow.
I didn't think to see what the thermostat does at the extreme other end of the scale.
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I would check your cabin air filter. 19-22 should be a very comfortable range of coolness.
Mine works the same as yours. Skips from 16-19. 16 would be for getting into the truck on a super hot day. Once it's cooled down I generally run between 21-22, 21.5 being sufficient for an outdoor temp of 30 yesterday.
Mine works the same as yours. Skips from 16-19. 16 would be for getting into the truck on a super hot day. Once it's cooled down I generally run between 21-22, 21.5 being sufficient for an outdoor temp of 30 yesterday.
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In my 2008 F150 there was a problem with the temperature control head & blendoor. At 65 degrees the truck would get hot & at 60 it was freezing cold. There was no setting between 60 & 65. The blendoor seems to have been a common problem across several models.
I normally set my temperature about 74 so for 65 to be hot I knew there was something wrong. I'm not sure if the F250 had the same problem, it might be worth a search.
I normally set my temperature about 74 so for 65 to be hot I knew there was something wrong. I'm not sure if the F250 had the same problem, it might be worth a search.
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It's a tradition now. the first guy who build an automatic climate control for Ford chose that, and they've been that way ever since. The first one I had was on a Lincoln Mark VII.
And be sure you understand 16 degrees doesn't mean 16 degrees. It means manual full cold. Everybody demands that cars be able to do manual full cold, no matter what. If you think skipping from 19 to 16 is bad, just imagine if you didn't have the 16. People would be after Ford with torches and pitchforks.
And be sure you understand 16 degrees doesn't mean 16 degrees. It means manual full cold. Everybody demands that cars be able to do manual full cold, no matter what. If you think skipping from 19 to 16 is bad, just imagine if you didn't have the 16. People would be after Ford with torches and pitchforks.
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It looks like mine is working properly. Must say I don't care for the way the system works. I am cold in the truck at 16 celcius and hot at 19. I have to use the power slider rear to "cool down" the 19 setting a bit.
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Something isn't right. If my truck was set at 19 and I opened the rear slider it would warm things up not help cool it off more. This is presuming it's warm out and you're using the ac/climate control to cool the truck. Fwiw 19 is very cold in my truck.
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Yes my truck is in Celsius as well. I'm down near Vernon BC.
If the cabin air filter has never been serviced to your knowledge I suspect that when you set your climate control to 16 which is max a/c it's doing just a good enough job to feel cool to you but when you back it off to 19 and it's not running at all out max it could be to restricted to feel cool to you. If the cabin air filter is fresh/newer than obviously none of this would apply.
If the cabin air filter has never been serviced to your knowledge I suspect that when you set your climate control to 16 which is max a/c it's doing just a good enough job to feel cool to you but when you back it off to 19 and it's not running at all out max it could be to restricted to feel cool to you. If the cabin air filter is fresh/newer than obviously none of this would apply.
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