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I have a 2008 Focus as a rental car, and in 5 minutes it will freeze you out if you leave it on full blast. My wife's 2003 Sable wagon is just as cold. I had no problems with either of my earlier Expeditions, 2001 & 2003.
Frank
Any advice?
thanks
Mike
early spring. When I turned it on the A/C wasn't cooling, but I left it on for a little while to see if it would eventually start cooling. It started to make a terrible sound, but when I switched it off the sound did not stop. I was close to a dealer so I took it in.
A bad compresssor he siad, and it is unsafe to drive as those are metal parts
"banging around" in the compressor. I rented a car to get home (dealer didn't have loan cars). When I got home the phone rang and the dealer said the car was so new there were no compressors in San Antonio, it would have to come from Up North.
Three days later I picked it up, turned it on and drove 20 miles home. It died before I got home. I returned it the next morning and they said it was another bad compressor. This rent car was on FORD to get home. The dealer called to say they had just received an alert from Ford and there was a bad lot of compressors. Also, everything that carried liquid in the engine compartment had to be replaced.
A week later I picked it up and it appears to be fixed.
Anyone have a similar experience?
hctry
I have not been able to find any kind of service/repair manual at all for the 2007 Expeditions, but would appreciate any pointing me in the direction to get one. (it doesn't have to be free, but that would be nice).
For one of them you don't need to touch the panels at all. For the other one I have read of people doing it both ways, with the trim in place and a little contorting, and by taking the trim off. The problem with the trim is that you need to start at the hatch and remove all the pieces on the top and bottom to free up the quarter window trim.
You can easily tell which actuator it is - does the hot and cold work properly in the back or does the floor to ceiling work properly? Or do neither work??
If you insist on taking stuff apart before you figure out which one you need to fix, this is the best way to start...
The floor to ceiling actuator is located right under the little tray under the p/s quarter window. To remove the tray you need to flex the side walls of the tray towards the middle of the tray to unhook the arrow head barbs that are holding it to the large expanse of trim. The beige box you see in the opening is the actuator. Now if you want to see if it is the problem, unplug the electrical connection to it and see if the clicking goes away. If it does, that is the cuplrit and the whole fix will take 10 minutes and cost $50. If it doesn't, then you need to get to the other one. It is exactly the same size box, down lower on the wheel well arch, and in that general area. You will have to feel around and remove it blind if you don't want to do the trim. I have read of people taking the second row cup holders out to reach back towards it to get a second hand in there.
If you decide on taking the whole thing apart the trim is held in by spring clips and barbs, there are no hidden screws. Grab and pull.
Be careful when you get your replacement part(s). While the actuators look the same they are not. The axles are different.