04+ F150 A/C Woes- Owners Check In

[MountaineerGreen]

I know many here drive F150's these days and as summer time temperatures have reached unreasonably high numbers, I have found my A/C to be lacking. I have found several threads on Ford truck forums *****ing about it, but nobody has any solutions- just take to to the dealer and complain.

Soooo, I added freon to the maximum I was comfortable with using a gauge set, got it to moderate cooling, never approaching coldness. Nothing at all like the Mounty. I recaptured a portion of the freon, but it only got worse at lower pressures. I am thinking of using some of that "artic freeze" synthetic freon, they claim it gets colder faster- as all synthetics do everything waaay better.

Thoughts? Opinions? Solutions?

 

[dman726749]

my 06 f150 also is not so great at the ac...its gets cool, but never really cold like i want...the old sploder would blow ice cubes

 

[MountaineerGreen]

I stuck a thermometer in my vents- 100* outside 40* vents. Some would argue that is good, but that is at best with max A/C and max fan. Anything less that max is 60+ degrees.

I'd like to be able to turn the fan off max every once in a while..........

 

[Stic-o]

Mine seems fine. I'll report back after the weekend, it's spose to be pretty hot this weekend here

 

[kert0307]

My dad's 06 150 had some issues with the AC maybe 6mo after it was new. Ford fixed it under warranty and as far as I know it's still working well.