post #1 of 143 Air Conditioning Fan runs but vents are closed I have a 2013 Escape. I can be driving along, when it is hot (80+) and usually have the fan speed on 1 with the temperature setting just above max. The recirculate button is on. It cools fine then suddenly, no air is coming out of any of the vents. You can turn the fan up to max and just barely feel any air coming out, but you can hear the fans blowing hard. The first two times this happened, we had been driving for a short while (30 minutes) when this happened. We arrived at our destination about 15 minutes later, then stopped. Car was shut off. It sat for approximately an hour the first time. When restarted, the A/C worked fine. About a week later, after driving for approximately 2 hours, same temperatures outside, it did it again. After continuing driving for just another 5 minutes, I stopped to get gas. This took about 5 minutes. When I started the car, the A/C worked fine for the remainder of the 2 hour drive home.

The most recent time this happened, it was after approx. 1 hour of driving. This time, I just turned off the A/C at the console, while the car was still on. Waited about 10 seconds, turned it back on and it was fine. Took it to the local Ford dealer, explained in detail what was happening. Of course, after the first day of them having the car, they couldn't get it to replicate the problem. After 3 more days, still no problem. Anybody else have this problem and if so, was it fixed? If it was fixed, what did they do to fix it? post #2 of 143 post #3 of 143 post #4 of 143 post #5 of 143 My 2013 Escape is in the shop for this EXACT issue post #6 of 143 post #7 of 143 Same thing just happened to me last weekend! post #8 of 143 Two Reminders for Members - Please Read 2013 Ford Escape, 2.0 Titanium, 4WD, Frosted Glass - build date 4/16/13 post #9 of 143 post #10 of 143We hear Phoenix-area homeowners ask, “Why does my air conditioner keep tripping the breaker at the control panel?”

First off, if this keeps happening then don’t turn the circuit back on. The circuit breaker’s job is to keep your home and appliances safe by shutting off the flow of electricity when the current flow gets too high. If it keeps tripping, something needs to be fixed. If the air conditioner is the source of the tripping, it may be overheating. When an air conditioner overheats, it draws more amps (a measurement of electrical current) from the circuit. That may be pushing the circuit past the number of amps it was meant to handle. So the breaker usually trips after the air conditioner has been running for awhile. So now we need to know what’s causing your air conditioner to overheat. 1) Dirty air filter: Dirt on the filter impedes air flow. This causes the AC to run longer to circulate enough cool air to achieve the temperature you want. This then causes the air conditioner to overheat. Change the filter and see if that helps. 2) Dirty condenser coils: The condenser coils are in your air conditioner’s outside unit.

Refrigerant runs through these coils. A fan blows over the coils to dissipate the heat that the refrigerant absorbed in your home. This is done so the refrigerant can flow back into the inside air conditioning unit and absorb more heat from your home’s air. how to choose an ac window unit(See how an air conditioner works exactly.)moving a window ac unit But if the condenser coils are covered in dust, dirt and leaves, then the coils can’t properly dissipate the heat. air conditioning units compare pricesSo the air conditioner has to work harder and longer to cool your home and overheats as a result. In the Phoenix area, it’s easy for air conditioners to get covered in dust after haboobs (dust storms). Learn more about why you need to clean your condenser coils.

You could wash the coils off, or you could have a contractor do it professionally as part of a pre-season air conditioner maintenance visit / A/C tune-up. Spring is the perfect time for one of those! 3) Not enough refrigerant: Without enough refrigerant, the air conditioner has to work longer to cool your home. The air conditioner overheats in the process. You’ll know if you don’t have enough refrigerant if the air your air conditioner puts out isn’t very cold. A contractor will have to add more refrigerant and seal the refrigerant leak. 4) Condenser coil fan malfunction: This is the fan in the outside unit. If it stops working, it can’t cool down the condenser coils properly. Have a contractor repair the fan. These certainly aren’t all the reasons of what can cause the circuit to trip the breaker. But they are some common ones that you can see. Try changing the filter and cleaning the coils. If that doesn’t work: Call a professional to repair the air conditioner.

This might seem counterintuitive if you’ve ever cooled yourself down by the stiff breeze of an electric fan, but a new review published in the Cochrane Library suggests that there’s no good evidence that fans help during a heatwave. Unlike air conditioning, electric fans don’t actually cool the air, but bring in cooler air from outside if placed near a window. That backfires, however, when air temperatures rise over 95°F — using an electric fan when it’s that hot can actually increase your body’s heat stress by blowing air that is warmer than the ideal body temperature over your skin. You may still feel a cooling sensation as the fan’s breeze evaporates your sweat, but increases in hot-air circulation and sweat evaporation can actually speed heat-related illness, such as heat exhaustion. “An increase [in] sweating can cause dehydration and electrolyte imbalances. If these fluids and electrolytes are not replaced quickly enough, there is a possibility [that fans] may do more harm than good,” say the authors of the review.

These health issues are particularly worrisome for high risk individuals, such as older people and babies, who are more vulnerable to extremes in temperature in part because they are less likely to recognize symptoms of excessive heat exposure. Older people are also more likely to have underlying medical conditions like heart disease that can be exacerbated by hot weather. (SPECIAL: Beat The Heat: 7 Hot Weather Survival Tips) The new review paper has relevance for public-health experts who are working to keep people cool this summer — and beyond. It’s hot around the globe right now, and according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, we can look forward to more heatwaves worldwide, thanks to global warming. Increasingly, countries are developing official plans for keeping their citizens from overheating, and many of these plans include recommending the use of electric fans. Same goes for organizers, restaurants and other establishments in London who are preparing for the Olympic Games.

“It is important to know about the potential benefits and harms of electric fans when choosing whether to use one. This is true if you are simply making a decision about your own use of a fan, but it also applies to broader public health decisions, such as whether to give electric fans to groups of people during a heatwave,” said review author Dr. Saurabh Gupta, a consultant in public health at Hertfordshire Community NHS Trust, in the U.K., in a statement. For its part, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends electric fan use only when temperatures are below the 90s. Otherwise, people should turn on the air conditioning to cool down. If you don’t have A/C, the CDC recommends taking a cool shower or bath, refraining from turning on the stove or oven to maintain a cooler temperature, and calling a local health department to see if there are any heat-relief shelters in your area. (MORE: Now Do You Believe in Global Warming?) The authors of the Cochrane paper based their findings on published and unpublished studies that compared people who used fans with those who didn’t during a heatwave.

They also consulted health experts with keen knowledge of how heatwaves influence health. The researchers couldn’t find any gold-standard randomized trials examining the issue, but they did dig up some retrospective, observational studies on electric-fan use. The findings were highly varied: some concluded that when people used fans during a heatwave, they were less likely to suffer heat illnesses or heat-related death, but other studies found no such benefit. In a podcast discussing the study, the authors conclude: Our review does not support or refute the use of electric fans during a heatwave and people making decisions about them should consider the current state of the evidence base. They might also wish to make themselves aware of local policy or guidelines when making a choice about whether or not to use or supply electric fans. “This is an incredibly important area of research for people seeking relief and a strategy to prevent negative effects of heat, including hospitalization and death,” says Dr. Kay Dickersin, director of the U.S. Cochrane Center at Johns Hopkins University, who studies heatwaves but was not involved in the current review.