How cold should the A/C blow? Mine feels cool, but certainly not cold. Temp today is 95 with 57% humidity. I put a thermometer right on the vent and it got down to about 50 (a/c on max).

 

Geez. You must live near me. lol With it being that hot, 50 is not too bad. You won't see much cooler than 45. Were you sitting still? An what blower speed were you using? The reason I ask is it will get colder while driving and you will get the coldest reading at the lowest blower speed. So if you got 50 on high blower speed, sitting still, that's great. I think I have a thermometer... I'll check mine to since we are in similar climates and post later.

 

Thanks. Vehicle was sitting still and the fan was on the second position. The reason I am asking is my old car's a/c seemed alot colder.

 

50F is pretty good. How old was your old car matters as well. If it was really old remember that it might have used Freon. New cars use a different material thats theoretically less damaging to the ozone layer... and less efficient as well.

 

The Escape A/C is pretty crappy. Doesn't get very cool. It's a complaint I've read in magazines too.

 

If the A/C is working properly, it should freeze you out like mine will here in So. FL..
The FEH has much better A/C cooling than most cars I've owned. I've often wondered if it is because the compressor is sized to supply two systems.

If the A/C is not cooling enough, you've got a problem with something.

GaryG

 

I checked mine today, it got down to 45F. But the rain down here cooled the outside temp a little bit. But that's pretty good. Also it's usually cooler out of the center vents. When we test A/C systems that is where we take the reading. Some people have posted a problem an o-ring failure resulting in loss of freon. You may have that going on.

 

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