how effective is your air con?

GARNETT · Post by **GARNETT** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 7:44 pm

Hi all ,

Been using my aircon a lot recently but find that it isn't really that effective even when set to 14 celsius . In a ford focus the other day the air con got the car so cold within 5-10 mins had to turn it off . Is mine dodgy or anyone else experience the same ?

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 7:46 pm

Try only using the air con witht he roof up - it works better!

Claire · Post by **Claire** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 7:58 pm

Garnett

Our air con is great, much better than in our Mondeo

markos480 · Post by **markos480** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 7:59 pm

im in corfu and ive always found mine to be ok, i accidently put it on eco the other day and couldnt figure out why it wasnt getting cold though :rolleyes:

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RTF · Post by **RTF** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 8:05 pm

Got climate control and it works perfect!

I had the roof down and the airco at 14 degrees this weekend to keep me a bit cooled down

Had a focus before and that worked not as good as this one imo.
Maybe you should bring it to the

for a check up?

britboy · Post by **britboy** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 8:09 pm

Its only good if you have the fan up to '2 fan shape thingies full up' level

!!

Derek · Post by **Derek** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 8:42 pm

mines is fine

Chris Holmes · Post by **Chris Holmes** » Tue Jun 03, 2003 8:44 pm

Mine's cool

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 12:09 am

Garnett

Our air con is great, much better than in our Mondeo

I agree - i was just thinking last week how cack the company car's air con was (thats a mondeo too!) Had the fan control fully right and nothing - tried it fully right and was a little better but not much!

Huu · Post by **Huu** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 9:45 am

It very effective here, changing from 23 to 22 make quite a bit of difference. Press OFF then AUTO again to reset the settings, make sure the A/C is lit. you can still adjust the temp without the A/C being on which doesnt really cool anything. I know it a bit obvious between A/C and ECCO but sometimes switching from ECCO to A/C doesnt do it for me (something faulty there on my car).

Mr_AWOL · Post by **Mr_AWOL** » Wed Jun 04, 2003 6:59 pm

sometimes switching from ECCO to A/C doesnt do it for me

Wasn't that some kind of 90's dolphin?

Jussi · Post by **Jussi** » Thu Jun 05, 2003 12:27 pm

Mine is Ok (i use it also in winter time)

Derekf · Post by **Derekf** » Fri Jun 06, 2003 8:22 pm

We are out in Israel and it can get real hot (too hot even to have the roof off). Even so we find after about 5 - 7 minutes the car is cooled down from an oven state if we run the ac on full blast.

tiranova · Post by **tiranova** » Sat Jun 07, 2003 2:09 pm

My air con is brilliant

I usually switch it off when I have the roof down though. And it even starts up on its own! I left the car parked in the sun with the roof up, when I got back into it, it was an oven inside, and the air con came on at 16 degrees to cool the car without me touching a thing.

Jussi · Post by **Jussi** » Mon Jun 09, 2003 7:26 am

I usually switch it off when I have the roof down though. And it even starts up on its own! I left the car parked in the sun with the roof up, when I got back into it, it was an oven inside, and the air con came on at 16 degrees to cool the car without me touching a thing.

Yep, that's automatic air con's nice feature