Don't know about yours, but my A/C unit works GREAT!! Matter of fact, this car has the coldest A/C of any of my cars since the switch from R12 to R134a. I normally also set the little button with the circle around it, just to the right of the recirculate button, and this button causes the recirculate to go on and off as needed, all automaticly. (Air set to Auto).
I have a thermometer that I stick down in the driver side air vent. I keep it there all the time to check on the temperature coming out of the vent. The temperature comes out around 42F and sometimes, as low as 38F. THIS MY FRIEND IS COLD and the system is working great.
One last thing, every so often, run your hand over the rear center vent to make sure it is putting out COLD air and not HOT air. For some reason, the hot/cold control on mine sometimes goes to hot, without me touching it. That control is a seperate control, that has nothing to do with the dashboard controls. I keep saying that I'm going to tape my rear central control to cold, or even jam it in the cold position with a piece of cardboard, but I have not done it yet. I just reach back and if it is coming out warm/hot, I just move the control down to cold.
BTW, if the inside of the car is very hot, from sitting outside in the hot Florida sun, it is going to take longer to cool it down.
I need to modify what I said above as I paid attention when I was using the A/C today.
WARP08 is correct. It works better when you use the A/C button vice the Auto button. Here is what I learned today.
When I first went out today, after the car was in the garage all night, I used the Auto button, plus the "Circle A" button. Works fine, plus with the
"Circle A" button on, the Recycle lamp comes on and off as needed. (Remember, the interior of the car was already cool from sitting in the garage). After sitting outside in the sun, the interior got hot, and with the settings still the same, it took a lot longer for the temperature to come down, and it never did get down very low. Temperature at the vent was around 56F. (remember, with the "Circle A" button on, the Recycle comes on and off by itself).
I then did what WARP08 said, by pushing the A/C button and the Recycle button. Cooled down fast. Air out of vents down to 42F. OK, I had to go downtown for an hour or so, so I parked the car in the sun, and the interior of the car again got hot. Started car, (setting still on A/C and Recycle) and the car cooled off fast, air from vent down to 42F, all within the two miles between downtown and my house.
So,,,,, now I learned something new. From now on;
1. When interior is already cool, I will use A/C and "Circle A".
2. When interior is already hot, I will use A/C and Recycle.
3. I will seldom use Auto from now on.
The only difference between the Auto position and the A/C position is that in Auto, if you drive from a hot area to a cold area, the car heater will come on by itself. I don't worry about that. In both positions, the fan blows strong or weak, as needed.
