I have two kids in the second row and a third kid and a dog on the third row. The cabin outflow vents are behind the third row seat so if the A/C is set to pull in outside air then the cool air flows back through the whole vehicle and cools the dog and kid in the third row before hot air gets purged out the vents. If I set it to recirculate, the front two seats get nice and chilly and the dog and third row kid get cooked.
I haven’t put a temp probe on the vents but I’ve been paying more attention to the vent temps (by feel, no real probe) and they seem to drop to good levels when engine RPMs are 1500 or higher and temps are even lower when cruising at 45mph or higher. Stopped at idle the A/C gets noticeably warmer.
I’m in the market for an electric fan to move air through the radiator and condenser stopped and idling. I won’t recharge the refrigerant since it seems to be working inline with most of the posts here and I’m not feeling ambitious enough to try and clean out all the gunk that’s likely in the blower box and condenser yet.
