MRGTX

A well known and expensive failure on our Mustangs is the AC compressor that often unceremoniously croaks somewhere in the neighborhood of 40k miles.

Mine currently has 32k and works fine, last time I tried it. I don't think that it helps that I use the AC almost never, even in the heat of summer..but it's probably worth mentioning.

How's yours holding up? Does anyone have a super high mileage car without a failure?

tukatz

My '14 has almost 50K miles and I leave the AC on all the time, either blowing cold air or hot air as need be.

SpectreH

I leave mine on also...55K miles and counting, knock on wood.

Dean Martin

116K miles and AC works like a charm. Use it a lot in the summer, pretty humid here in the STL area.

kylerohde

113k here - had to replace the evaporator core due to leaking, which was a $2,000 repair since most of the dash had to come out to get it done. Book on that job is 10 hours and it took the mechanic at my dealership 14 hours, apparently, since it was his first time. A/C compressor has never had an issue though.

EF1

I have 73k on mine without a hiccup yet.

MRGTX

This is awesome news, guys!!
Very encouraging...

Ouch...that's not so great news.
I sounds like another example of a design that has no accommodations for being repaired. That's just unreal.

dusman59

All most all of todays cars are designed with having to remove the the dash or disassemble major components for repairs. Its too bad that taking out a few screws to fix something are gone.

kylerohde

I mean, it's not a common repair - I don't remember seeing another car with the same problem on here - so I can't ***** too much. Yeah, it sucks I had to pay that much but stuff happens with cars. Just like the ABS/TCS/ASC module going bad on my wife's Mazda3 at 45k. Uncommon but stuff happens.

BackroadGT

Almost 42k mi. Used it today, still working fine.

Maych

Pretty sad. I'm facing this now at 58k. Diagnostic: ac compressor came apart. Nice... Estimate $1329.06 I so badly want to go aftermarket including the service shop. You all replacing yours with OEM? Knowing the dealers normally charge 70%+ over cost for parts, makes me ill. Valued customer indeed.

kylerohde

I don't know that there is an aftermarket option, is there?

berzerk_1980

From rockauto.com

kylerohde

I'll be damned. 50% less.

berzerk_1980

There was a lot of variance so one must do the search themselves and click info to make sure the right stuff is included... I was just showing that I found something. Seems the Four Seasons part is available at most auto parts stores.

I wonder who makes the OEM part?

Maych

For sure. I found the motorcraft compressor and clutch new on ebay from a couple different people. Didn't dig that deep yet to determine if their a vendor or their source, but it did say warranty. To be honest, since Ford has the problem, I'm thinking if they didn't change anything on the compressor, I'd be a fool to replace it with OEM. My local dealer never said anything about the TSB either. I think theres at least a couple including TSB 12-8-14, which is right there and may be contributing to the issue, but dealerships around here just suck. I spent several years as a parts counterman, so I guess for its karma. So I'm still researching to determine what my final plans will be for fixing it. Thanks for all the help and info

Marl_Boro

103k and is still ice cold

13_ImpactBlue_GT

85000 and change still works as advertised.

MRGTX

You have 103k miles on your 2014?

Marl_Boro

Why yes I do lol