Freon charging questions-- Blend doors ---fresh air/recirculate doors. All this on fairly new vehicles. LOL, were these A/C systems designed by Fords diesel engine designers? I've had to charge mine twice (24000 miles) since I bought it in 03/04/2003. Never had this much trouble with a new vehicle A/C.

 

In my opinion it is the weakest part of the truck. The design was not as good as it should be. Newer 07 trucks should be better. Hopefully when they come out with the new body style they will correct the bobo. What I mean is a more efficient condensor, evaporator air flow, and those stupid motors that don't stop where they are supposed to breaking blend and recir. doors. Everyone dosen't have problems but a fair amount do.

 

It's happened to my 06 I just turned 34,000 miles.Could be worse problems I guess like injectors failing or bad lift pumps..Trying to look on the bright side i guess

 

my o6 mega cab sucks my wife took it to the dealer who said it was fine and working normal but my 04 quad cab would freeze you out on high and the mega cab is not that much bigger when i get home im taking it to a dealer in vegas oh and they said that my turbo upgrade voided my warrinty so my wife had to take a copy of the fed warrenty laws in just to get them to look at it with out cash

 

65,000 miles on mine- no a/c problems here.

 

I guess its the luck of the draw. My 03 (built 5-03)will freeze you out of the cab. We never run the fan on high, and cruising down the highway we usually have to tweek the temp **** up just a bit.

 

I've never been in one(3rd generation) that the ac worked correctly.Haven't been in many but the ones I have had warm air pass side issues.Most of the time no one as sat on the pass side.Few guys even said OH mines works FINE.Rode in them and heck they wern't fine.They were fine on the DRIVERS side but that was it.

 

I had to have mine recharged at 45,000 miles.

 

That is just low refrigerant. Mine worked fine for about 60k then it leaked down enough to blow warm on the passenger side and freeze up. Topped off and it will now freeze you out of the cab. Over 100F in Raleigh with high humidity and its nice and cool.

 

On our trips the wife has a blanket so she can cover up. I guess mine is working alright.

 

i can see the low ref deal but the truck has 8k on it she only drives it 5 miles round trip to work every other week to keep the batts in shape

 

Recirc door broke on mine had that replaced last week

 

I never use my A/C fresh air unless someone eats beans. Wounder If there some easy way to disconnect the actuator and close it off permanantly?

LOL, then you could just roll the windows down to expell unwanted odors.