air conditioner problem
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My AC on my 2004 F-150 Lariat has never been cold. I have taken it in 3 times and each time I told them that when it gets over 90° the AC does not work. They said it would blow 38° at the vents with the AC on and recirculate is on. My AC temp meter did not agree. I could never get it to go below 48°.
I started to look at what they said.........38°........AC on and recirculate on. I then started to play with my AC. Guess what? If I leave it on "auto" and set the temp to 60° it will alternate hot and cold and never blows anything below 48° ever.
I decided to turn the AC on in manual mode. Hit the top vent button and then turn fan on 3/4 and hit recirculate. Took about 2-3 miles but was very cold 42°.
Now it looks like I have found something. My auto and the AC do not work well at all when the air temp is north of 90°. Manual mode seems to work fine. Looks like it may have something to do with my auto temp thingy. I will take it back in so they can tell me that nothing is wrong.
I started to look at what they said.........38°........AC on and recirculate on. I then started to play with my AC. Guess what? If I leave it on "auto" and set the temp to 60° it will alternate hot and cold and never blows anything below 48° ever.
I decided to turn the AC on in manual mode. Hit the top vent button and then turn fan on 3/4 and hit recirculate. Took about 2-3 miles but was very cold 42°.
Now it looks like I have found something. My auto and the AC do not work well at all when the air temp is north of 90°. Manual mode seems to work fine. Looks like it may have something to do with my auto temp thingy. I will take it back in so they can tell me that nothing is wrong.
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From: Mandeville, La
I went to the AC shop this morning and no luck. A/C Decided to blow below 40 degrees. It was only 80 degrees this morning. The shop was still very nice to me and didnt charge anything. I explained to them that this was not typical and that I felt that now it was blowing cold. He said to come back in if I could reproduce and they would put it directly in to check it out.
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From: Iowa
Well... In the interest of adding more data here:
Dad's 2006 F150 has been working just fine in the air conditioning department. Has since day one. Latest experience has been a 6 hour road trip. 97 degree outside temperature. AC set on recirculate would get so cold as to be downright uncomfortable. I set it to pull outside air, and it was still cold, just not meat locker / middle of a blizzard cold. It will get a bit warmer when stopped, but still plenty cold!
Maybe I'm lucky? Maybe most F150's are like this? I dont know. All I know is that this one works great.
On a more general note, I do recommend taking a hose and cleaning off the condensor on a regular basis. I do mine every time I change oil. Dont use a power washer unless you like folding the fins in. It does make a difference!
Dad's 2006 F150 has been working just fine in the air conditioning department. Has since day one. Latest experience has been a 6 hour road trip. 97 degree outside temperature. AC set on recirculate would get so cold as to be downright uncomfortable. I set it to pull outside air, and it was still cold, just not meat locker / middle of a blizzard cold. It will get a bit warmer when stopped, but still plenty cold!
Maybe I'm lucky? Maybe most F150's are like this? I dont know. All I know is that this one works great.
On a more general note, I do recommend taking a hose and cleaning off the condensor on a regular basis. I do mine every time I change oil. Dont use a power washer unless you like folding the fins in. It does make a difference!
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Was just reading on another post that for 07 one thing ford is doing is updating to a more efficient AC compressor so I must assume they know the old one is not adequate!!! Won't help us any but in the future if you buy another ford should be better AC?????
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From: Minnesota
Originally Posted by rusty70f100
On a more general note, I do recommend taking a hose and cleaning off the condensor on a regular basis. I do mine every time I change oil. Dont use a power washer unless you like folding the fins in. It does make a difference!
I can't see it. It is hidden to me. Can you help me?? Thanks.
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