Bought the car and loved it, drove for a few days with no problems except for the beer smell. One cold cold morning must have been 19 degrees out I noticed the ride to work was a little chilly..30 miles. I took it for not letting it warm up enough and went about my way..
The next day it was 19 degrees out so I started it early so it was plenty warm. I went out at 7:30am and let it run with all the heaters on 10� full blast front and rear� it ran for 40 minutes!... still froze my ass off. I started getting a real bad pain in my right leg from the cold but it was like no cold air, it was radiating from the dash. I felt the dash around my legs and it was ice cold so was the steering column, back of the steering wheel, top of the dash and my feet were burning� Pass side was normal nice and toasty�
Took it in and was giving the run around� nothing wrong HEAD MECHANIC could not verify the complaint� So out the door they pushed me. Never got a �lets keep it over night so we can road test it when it�s cold out� nope just �it�s the way ford designed it and we can�t fix the design�. I told the chump at the service department that I was an X ASE certified technician and me telling him what was wrong was all the verification he needed. Please fix my new car� Sorry have a nice day �..
So now I have to verify the complaint myself so I am going to video tape the temp reading of the dash while driving in cold weather. I have one of those point and shot thermometers, it records the temperature of any surface you point it at. I already did the vents� with the heater on High and full hot I get 134 degrees at the foot vent and 72 out of the side window vents with it being 35 degrees out� I would think they would be the same or close to it�
Anyways next time I go back to the dealer I will have done my homework�
By the way for anyone reading this I bought my 2007 explorer at a little place in Concord NH right at the end of RT 89�
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Bought the car and loved it, drove for a few days with no problems except for the beer smell. One cold cold morning must have been 19 degrees out I noticed the ride to work was a little chilly..30 miles. I took it for not letting it warm up enough and went about my way..
The next day it was 19 degrees out so I started it early so it was plenty warm. I went out at 7:30am and let it run with all the heaters on 10� full blast front and rear� it ran for 40 minutes!... still froze my ass off. I started getting a real bad pain in my right leg from the cold but it was like no cold air, it was radiating from the dash. I felt the dash around my legs and it was ice cold so was the steering column, back of the steering wheel, top of the dash and my feet were burning� Pass side was normal nice and toasty�
Took it in and was giving the run around� nothing wrong HEAD MECHANIC could not verify the complaint� So out the door they pushed me. Never got a �lets keep it over night so we can road test it when it�s cold out� nope just �it�s the way ford designed it and we can�t fix the design�. I told the chump at the service department that I was an X ASE certified technician and me telling him what was wrong was all the verification he needed. Please fix my new car� Sorry have a nice day �..
So now I have to verify the complaint myself so I am going to video tape the temp reading of the dash while driving in cold weather. I have one of those point and shot thermometers, it records the temperature of any surface you point it at. I already did the vents� with the heater on High and full hot I get 134 degrees at the foot vent and 72 out of the side window vents with it being 35 degrees out� I would think they would be the same or close to it�
Anyways next time I go back to the dealer I will have done my homework�
By the way for anyone reading this I bought my 2007 explorer at a little place in Concord NH right at the end of RT 89�
- 393clevor, Pissfield, NH, US