ColoradoCRD wrote:
I completed a long cross country trip and noticed that my Air Conditioning performance declined. Initially, I could maintain adequate cooling by using the internal circulation setting, but as the trip went on, event that didn't work.
I can feel a little cooling effect when AC is on, but not much. Also, the amount of cooling is not steady. Previously, the cooling output has been excellent.
I have a 05 CRD with 38K, so I am just out of general warranty, and as I read the manual, AC is not covered under the 7/70000 drivetrain warranty.
Any thoughts on the problem?
Oh, and by the way, towing a boat/trailer weighing about 3,000# with full windshield, and carrying a canoe on top of the Jeep rack, I averaged 19MPG over about 2,500 miles typically driving 65 to 70mph. Not bad!
Sounds like a refridgerant leak. Check the pressure in the system, I would then refill with some UV dye and start looking for the leak, hopefully its something easy to find and get to. Once you get leak fixed evac and refill the system.
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