Series II Air con performance

[Thumpin]

After a few warmer days here in Sydney lately, I've noticed the A/C has trouble getting me comfortable. I normally leave the climate control set to 20 degrees but even if I crank it to 'C' which is the lowest it goes it pretty pathetic. Swapping between fresh & recirc doesn't do much.

I have a digital thermometer and I stuck it in the vent and it gets the air temp at the vent down to around 10 degrees on a 30 degree day. Takes about 10 minutes to achieve this temp. My VT could get 4 degrees at the vent.

Gone are the days of ice spitting under-dash A/C but I thought the VE's would have been more efficient than this

[vicarious]

ii think thats what you get with the "eco" friendly gas, i have noticed that the hard plastics seem to retain heat

[Tonyla1]

My Series II aircon is plenty cold enough for me here in Brisbane. I usually have the climate control set to 22 however I occasionally bump it up to 23 as it gets a little chilly. It doesn't take an unreasonable amount of time to cool down after having been parked in the sun.

[mr031]

you might be low on gas with a slow leak, you should notice a difference on recirculate about 5c

[Fekason]

I am more than happy with the aircon performance in my MY11 SV6.

I also live in Sydney (out west). I park the car in the sun all day. On the hottest day (Tuesday at 37.4), I drove between 1 and 2 km with the windows open and aircon set to 22. Closed the windows and the inside temperature was better than bearable and comfortable by the time I arrived home: about 6 km and less than 10 minutes. The outside temperature was still 35 when I hopped in the car.

Sounds like something is wrong with yours to me.

[Cruzer]

Mine is a quite ok usually, sometimes seems to take a while to get cold, but its fine after that, I had more of a problem getting it to heat up nicely last winter,
seemed to never get quite warm enough.

[RiCeY]

Take it in and get the gas charge checked, first check vent temp on recirc at mid fan speed.

[WogBoyz]

Ive noticed my ssv aircon is fairly shite house too for the heat up here, my old vs used to freeze the cabin up in a few mins

[burleighboy86]

No problems here either. So far, down in SA we've had temperatures up to 35-36 degrees. I hate the heat down here too. Real dry. Give me a humid heat any day.

My air con has not missed a beat. Cools the car down within a couple of minutes, so much so that I get too cold.

[Thumpin]

Just my luck if its leaking.
Today I must admit it worked quiet well. The performance of the A/C seems to vary. Maybe its a climate control problem with the system letting heater air into the mix.
I can always hear a modulation of some vent behind the dash. Sounds like someone squashing a coke bottle. You would think when I've selected cold the vent door would stay in one position.