Blows hot air - air conditioning problems

Yes its cycling. Where is the blend door?

Actuator fixed it. Thank You !

Just recently my air conditioner started blowing warm air and it took some time to blow a little cool air but not enough to cool off. Sounds silly but it blows cooler on the passenger side than the driver side. My husband checked belts, fuse.

My 1996 Ford Explorer A/C is not working properly. I had the compressor changed last year. We do not use the Explorer very much because of gas prices. So everything was serviced in accordance with. However, now when I turn the Air conditioner on, it blows cold air for a little while, then you hear a door or something close and it starts blowing extremely hot air. Does anyone know what this door or panel may be? And what is causing it to close? Where is this Door/Panel located?

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

I had this problem on my 96 Explorer. On the Explorer, hot water is always running through the heater core. There is a door inside the duct that blends the hot air that passes over the heater core and the cold air that passes through the A/C coil. The door is acuated with a small electric motor that is mounted to the top of the duct under the dash. On mine, the motor turned the door too far, and the door eventually cracked. It would have cost $800 for the dealer to replace the whole duct unit. Instead, I cut a slot in the bottom of the duct and pulled out the door, glued together the broken parts, reinstalled the door, and reinstalled the bottom section of duct. Then, I put JB weld on the heater knob so it wouldn't turn as far to prevent it from happening again. When I cut the slot in the bottom of the duct, I only cut three sides, so that one side was still attached to the duct, and I just bent down the part I cut to get the door out.

Where is the port to recharge unit or is there ant else I can do?

You could also check the ac pressure switch if the compressor is not kicking in this could indicate that the pressure switch is faulty. Also the low pressure side port is on the larger line going to the accumulator

I have a 1998 Ford Explorer 4x4 (6 cyl) and when I turned on the heat it only blew cold air. I made sure that the knob was on the hot side and waited a ten minutes to warm the truck up, but still no heat, only cold air, but not the cold air that would be coming from the a/c. What can it be?

My a.C just blows hot air I took it to a mechanic and the compressor would not turn on but when he connected the compressor direct it clicked on but was still just blowing hot air it has no leaks it was recharged also the pressure is right where it is supposed to be. I opened the the glove box and the blend door does not open or close I did it manually still no cold air the acuator I took it out and it looks fine I dont see any wear or cracks on the teeth of the the wheels in there. Please need help any idea what it can be I have a 1997 ford explorer eddie Bauer v6 sohv 4 L.

Yes it held its charge I dont think he checked the cycle switch and yes he checked the pressure he said it was where it was supposed to be

Hi, I need help getting pointed in the right direction about an a/c problem.

Here's the info: Ford Explorer XLT 1999, 145,000 miles, 4.0 SOHC.

Porblem: a/c stoped working last week

I thought it might be something simple like a recharge so I went ot recharge it. Put on the gauge at the reciever/drier. This was the only place I could find to attach the gauge anywhere in the line. I turned the a/c to max with the fan on high. I noticed the reading would shoot from normal (on the higher side) to low. What I also notced was that this was happening when the clutch on the compressor was engaging. What looked to me was that the clutch wasn't staying engaged for more than a few seconds at a time, it would click on and click off. So now I don't know if it's a problem with the compressor, the clutch plate on the front of the compressor, something electrical, or something else. I don't have the money to take it somewhere or get taken by a not so honest mechanic. Please Help! :(

Hi Fordman16,
If this works that would be awesome let me just walk thru this with you if you don't mind I still have a question or two.
The first is. Am I ok with recharging it at the reciever/drier? It was the only place I could see to try to recharge it at.

I'm not sure what exactly you mean when you say. Close the high side?

The next steps are:
Set fan to normal or lowest setting.

Set the temp control to High (hot. Red area) not cold (blue area)

So by doing this there should not be the back and forth spike on the gage from the refrigerant can from the on/off of the clutch plate engaging on the compressor? I'll tell you when that gage would spike to the high/warning side I was getting a little nervous.

One other little question. Something goes totally wrong. Worst case the car will still runs normal just no air because I blew the a/c system to hell?

Thanks again!

Hello, My Ford Explorer has an unusual problem. It will drive fine, however when you turn the AC on it will drive fine for a little while then when you take off from stop, it will rev up and kinda stall between 1st and 2nd gears. Eventually after a while doing that, it will act like the rear end is slipping when taking off. When you turn the ac off it will continue with these symptoms then after a little while it will drive fine. I have replaced the battery and these symptoms do not recur as much now but it still does it every now and then. Diagnostic codes say Bank 1 too lean and sometimes Bank 2 too lean. Also I hear a vacuum leak coming from the back of the engine and it sounds like its between the firewall and the dash. When you turn off the ac off or on when the vehicle is off you can hear a air sound. I hope I get a reply, this problem has been annoying.
My vehicle has 203560 miles and it is a 4.0L V6 OHV.

Thank you!