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I'm having trouble getting good information about this. P0538 disables the air conditioning (this example is related to a 2004 Ford Taurus, Vulcan) I knew it was something like that when compressor could be manually engaged and changing $10 solenoid did nothing. Turns out P0538 is a "Thermistor" and there is surprisingly little info about this problem I have been able to find.
Research seems to indicate repair difficulty 3/3 (hardest it can be) or requiring removal of the windshield for a "shortcut." Something along the lines of "entire dash has to be disassembled to get to."
Well beyond my skill set. Truly bothersome when it is very hot outside. Good thing the AC works on mine...
So, I thought I would make a thread to ask just how tedious/PITA a P0538 code is, and if any here that work on cars have had to deal with this code. (It was always showing up for about a year but I never fully knew its relevance until it got hot out. I thought the AC was working for a long time and it was not.)
Research seems to indicate repair difficulty 3/3 (hardest it can be) or requiring removal of the windshield for a "shortcut." Something along the lines of "entire dash has to be disassembled to get to."
Well beyond my skill set. Truly bothersome when it is very hot outside. Good thing the AC works on mine...
So, I thought I would make a thread to ask just how tedious/PITA a P0538 code is, and if any here that work on cars have had to deal with this code. (It was always showing up for about a year but I never fully knew its relevance until it got hot out. I thought the AC was working for a long time and it was not.)