Found out yesterday that the A/C compressor has locked up... I brought the vehicle in for service on Sunday evening to let it sit overnight as I wanted to meet the shop foreman and lead tech Monday morning and be there when they started it up. My initial concerns were a burning rubber/plastic smell in the engine bay recently, when I let it warm up in the mornings, and a strong sulfur smell out of the tailpipe. Tech quickly discovered the compressor is not engaging or disengaging when they cycled the A/C system on or off. They also wanted to check fuel trims as they suspected a partially stuck open injector may be causing the strong sulfur smell from the cats.
I got the call yesterday afternoon that the compressor is seized and the estimate was north of $3,000 due to the damage caused to the A/C system when it seized up. Thankfully I have a third party plan through first extended service corp. The plan will cover the costs and provide a rental, but the kicker is I have to take it to the dealership I purchased it from since I'm within their 40 mile radius... It is currently sitting at a local ford dealership I trust to work on my wife and I's vehicles. I'll eat the diagnostic costs from my local dealership and take it over to the selling dealership this week.
For those interested the current mileage is 49,100 and it is a ford CPO off lease vehicle. build date was 12/27/2017 and it has had the cam phasers replaced.
I'm curious to hear if others have heard of the A/C compressors going south on 4th Gen Expeditions or have had one go out themselves.
I got the call yesterday afternoon that the compressor is seized and the estimate was north of $3,000 due to the damage caused to the A/C system when it seized up. Thankfully I have a third party plan through first extended service corp. The plan will cover the costs and provide a rental, but the kicker is I have to take it to the dealership I purchased it from since I'm within their 40 mile radius... It is currently sitting at a local ford dealership I trust to work on my wife and I's vehicles. I'll eat the diagnostic costs from my local dealership and take it over to the selling dealership this week.
For those interested the current mileage is 49,100 and it is a ford CPO off lease vehicle. build date was 12/27/2017 and it has had the cam phasers replaced.
I'm curious to hear if others have heard of the A/C compressors going south on 4th Gen Expeditions or have had one go out themselves.
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