I'm having a strange (to me) problem with the air conditioning on my explorer.
It always blows cold when I start it, but sometime later, begins to blow warm. I believe the compresser is stopping. Sometimes the air conditioner will run cold for 30-90 minutes with no problem, other times it stops cooling after 10-15 minutes. The fan always blows as it should, it's just the air stops cooling.
If I shut off the AC for five minutes, and then turn it back on, it will usually cool again for a while, but not usually for very long once I start the process of having to turn it on and off on a trip.
I don't have a good sense about whether driving conditions affect it, but my sense is that it seems to go out more quickly and frequently the hotter it is and the more I'm in stop and go traffic.
My shop just said the compresser needed to be replaced, but that's $500 I'm probably not willing to spend on the vehicle at this point. But the mechanic did say that he'd not seen a compressor going that did that stop and start type thing. Because of that I was just hoping that maybe it was something else (cheaper) that might be causing it but he was unaware of.
Have you guys ever heard of this? Thanks!
It always blows cold when I start it, but sometime later, begins to blow warm. I believe the compresser is stopping. Sometimes the air conditioner will run cold for 30-90 minutes with no problem, other times it stops cooling after 10-15 minutes. The fan always blows as it should, it's just the air stops cooling.
If I shut off the AC for five minutes, and then turn it back on, it will usually cool again for a while, but not usually for very long once I start the process of having to turn it on and off on a trip.
I don't have a good sense about whether driving conditions affect it, but my sense is that it seems to go out more quickly and frequently the hotter it is and the more I'm in stop and go traffic.
My shop just said the compresser needed to be replaced, but that's $500 I'm probably not willing to spend on the vehicle at this point. But the mechanic did say that he'd not seen a compressor going that did that stop and start type thing. Because of that I was just hoping that maybe it was something else (cheaper) that might be causing it but he was unaware of.
Have you guys ever heard of this? Thanks!