aircon recharging

My air con gave up a little under 4 years old. "Fixed" by Dovercourt in Chelmsford UK but has now given up again after 10 months. I run the air con every month.

Neither Ford nor the dealer in this area are much good at getting things right so I will be getting rid of my Focus soon and going for something reliable. Obviously not a Ford.

In message , Hugh wrote

Ford probably buy in air con units and the same one is probably fitted to many makes of car.

:>My air con gave up a little under 4 years old. "Fixed" by Dovercourt in :>Chelmsford UK but has now given up again after 10 months. :>I run the air con every month. :>

:>Neither Ford nor the dealer in this area are much good at getting things :>right so I will be getting rid of my Focus soon and going for something :>reliable. Obviously not a Ford.

Let's talk about Ford air conditioning reliability. In the last 14 years I've owned 2 Escorts and 2 Focuses. My brother has owned 2 Escorts and a Focus. One of my sisters has owned 2 Tauruses. Another sister has owned 2 Escorts. My parents have owned 1 Escort and 1 Focus. Currently I'm driving an 04 SVT Focus ZX5, my brother is driving an 02 Focus ZX5, one sister is driving a 99 Taurus SE, the other sister is driving a 94 Escort SE Wagon and my parents are driving an 01 Focus SE Wagon. Not a single one of those cars has ever had any air conditioning problems. In fact none of them have ever even had to have freon added.

BTW, we all live in the Metro Phoenix, Arizona area. You know, that place where we usually have around 4+ months every summer with the temperature in triple digits (100 degrees and over) just about every day and quite a few days where it goes over 110. We've even broke into the 120's a few times in recent years. We haven't had our first

100 degree day yet this year but we've hit 99 a couple of times already, the first time back in early March.

So I would have to say your situation is not typical and as noted by another poster the same thing is as likely to happen or not happen no matter what brand of car you buy.

OTG

The low side port is on the accumulator, behind the bumper, in front of the right front wheel. BB