# A/C blows hot air - 2001 Ford Crown Victoria **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford\ **Created:** [March 20, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-c-blows-hot-air-2001-ford-crown-victoria/84266 "2014-03-20T22:35:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chardixon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/chardixon/32/5129_2.png) [@Chardixon](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Chardixon)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-c-blows-hot-air-2001-ford-crown-victoria/84266/1 "2014-03-20T22:35:14Z")
2001 crown vic blows hot air This started about 4 days ago Tried charging the system - that didn’t help. Looking for suggestions of what else could be the problem ---
**Author:** ![JohnnyWu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5f8ce5/32.png) [@JohnnyWu](https://community.cartalk.com/u/JohnnyWu)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 10:41pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-c-blows-hot-air-2001-ford-crown-victoria/84266/2 "2014-03-20T22:41:33Z")
Is the dial pointed at Blue, not Red? ---
**Author:** ![BustedKnuckles](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bustedknuckles/32/25_2.png) [@BustedKnuckles](https://community.cartalk.com/u/BustedKnuckles)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2014, 11:14pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-c-blows-hot-air-2001-ford-crown-victoria/84266/3 "2014-03-20T23:14:36Z")
The problem could be a bad compressor, a leak, a bad sensor, a bad belt, a blockage, or a bad control module. You may need a professional to look at it. At 13 years old, the potential list is long. ---
**Author:** ![Pigasus](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pigasus/32/2848_2.png) [@Pigasus](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Pigasus)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 2:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-c-blows-hot-air-2001-ford-crown-victoria/84266/4 "2014-03-21T02:55:32Z")
Your A/C sounds a lot like my boss. Nothin’ but hot air… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-c-blows-hot-air-2001-ford-crown-victoria/84266/5 "2014-03-21T03:34:16Z")
You tried charging the system? Did you check the pressure in the system first? If so, did the pressure come up to the correct range? (Depends on ambient air temp). Some things are not great for DIY - A/C is one of them because of the specialty tools and knowledge required. If the system has pressure and the lines get cold, I would first suspect a blend door problem. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 3:40am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-c-blows-hot-air-2001-ford-crown-victoria/84266/6 "2014-03-21T03:40:33Z")
This “how it is supposed to work” link might be helpful in debugging your problem. And preventing you from inadvertently doing something that could turn an inexpensive-to-fix AC problem into a really-expensive-to-fix AC problem. [http://www.agcoauto.com/content/news/p2\_articleid/256](http://www.agcoauto.com/content/news/p2_articleid/256) ---
**Author:** ![ok4450](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ok4450](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ok4450)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2014, 8:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-c-blows-hot-air-2001-ford-crown-victoria/84266/7 "2014-03-21T08:19:05Z")
If the compressor is engaging, the pressures are normal, and the accumulator is cold then my vote is with cigroller about this being a blend door problem. ---
**Author:** ![Caddyman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/caddyman/32/23_2.png) [@Caddyman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Caddyman)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2014, 6:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/a-c-blows-hot-air-2001-ford-crown-victoria/84266/8 "2014-03-22T06:46:17Z")
Vics use an electronic blend-door control, that “Temp” knob mounted in the middle of the heater control panel…They are failure prone, allowing the heater to overcome the air conditioner…Repair is not to expensive or difficult. Visit the [crownvicnet.net](http://crownvicnet.net) and LEARN…