Air conditioning display
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Air conditioning display
Strange experience yesterday. F - 350, KR, 6.0, loaded, 6 disc CD/radio. I was about half a mile from home and could not turn on the AC system. No lights, just all blank. I was in a bad area and did not want to stop till I got to a parts store, figuring I had a blown fuse. When I stopped, in front of a parts store, I turned of the ignition. Then I restarted, and everything was fine. First time this happened. Any one else have similar experience? 23,000 miles on 2005. Thanks for input.
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It happened once while my truck was under warranty and the dealer immediately replaced it saying it was a recall that had been fixed. It has happened once since then and switching off and back on fixed it, I'm out of warranty now so I'll live with it a while.
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This has happened to me once after getting a service done. I turned off the truck and restarted it. Everything went back to normal after the restart. It never has happened since. It did happen quite a few times on my 97 F250 psd. If I didn't have the ignition switch just right. I always had to play with the switch.
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Originally Posted by tazo
This has happened to me once after getting a service done. I turned off the truck and restarted it. Everything went back to normal after the restart. It never has happened since. It did happen quite a few times on my 97 F250 psd. If I didn't have the ignition switch just right. I always had to play with the switch.
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Follow up to original post. When the lights go out, nothing works. No A/C, No heat. No fan, temp. Roger Keyte, what was replaced? Did you get a copy of the R/O? Is there a service bulletin on the problem? Unless I know specifically what to get repaired I am reluctant as hell to have someone operating in that area where there are a zillion wires. Thanks again,
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Everything failed just like you described. I have every piece of paper to do with my truck except that repair so I do not have any details. The dealership knew exactly what it was as soon as I told them about because they had seen it multiple times. The tech spoke as if they replaced a control unit but I do not know more than that. I remember him saying it was a recall but I have no paper work on that, it was all under warranty so I did not get any real details. If you want/need more details let me know and I will call the dealership and ask them exactly what they did.
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Originally Posted by yamaguy
What happened to your 97' the a/c would stop working? The older trucks didn't have an lcd display for the hvac controls. Just curious thats all.
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Happened to me yesterday. No display, no a/c. I stopped and checked the fuses but didn't turn the truck off. About a mile down the road I tried some other things, like the wipers and window controls, everything else worked. When I turned the headlights on and off the a/c display came on and worked fine. Sounds like a solenoid for the a/c is sticking. I'll calll my dealer tomorrow to find out what they have to say...
'06 f250 diesel with 26000miles.
'06 f250 diesel with 26000miles.
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It happened to me when my 2005 KR had 2000 miles and a couple of times after. I complained to dealer but they couldn't find the problem.After warranty was up it went out completly and my dealer replaced the whole unit free, because they had it documented where I had brought it in a couple of times while still under warranty.
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Originally Posted by Painter
Happened to me yesterday. No display, no a/c. I stopped and checked the fuses but didn't turn the truck off. About a mile down the road I tried some other things, like the wipers and window controls, everything else worked. When I turned the headlights on and off the a/c display came on and worked fine. Sounds like a solenoid for the a/c is sticking. I'll calll my dealer tomorrow to find out what they have to say...
'06 f250 diesel with 26000miles.
'06 f250 diesel with 26000miles.
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Has anyone had the luck to get a Service Bulletin on the problem? My KR, F-350 is a pre March 2005 build. I know that because I had the brake controller problem where the trailer brakes have limited voltage at a stop, and the controller works fine at 15 mph, discussed more fully in another thread. Just thought maybe the two inter related.