I just bought a 2009 Lancer DE. It was 20F outside and the last thing on my mind was Air Conditioning. After googling every possible combination of 2009 Lancer and Air Conditioning I have come to the realization that I must be the only person on the planet to be stupid enough to buy a 2009 Lancer without A/C. My question to you all is how hard would it be to get an A/C installed? How much would it cost? What parts am I looking for? and how long would I be sitting around waiting to get it done? Thanks for the help.

 

It will most likely cost you more than it would to trade your car in for one with one. Another option is if you haven't had the car that long try and get them to swap it. Hope you have some luck. Cause for some stupid reason my when one of the vans we use for deliveries at the company I work for ac went out, he decided to have it removed and bypassed. I think the total cost was around 2300. The cost of the AC components are very very expensive. I bet you would spend well over 5000 on it and install..maybe more.

 

Parts and labor for the install would be very, very painful. Unless you shell out a lot of money, you're stuck with a 4/40 air conditioner: All 4 windows down and moving at least 40 MPH

 

i don't think it will expensive. I was thinking about getting climate control, then I thought that I don't REALLY need it.

contact RusselM (mitsubishiparts.net), he can get you the parts and stuff for a fair amount!

 

I made the same mistake of buying a lancer without a/c. but a week later i took it back to the dealership and talked to the guy. to get the part and have it installed cost me 1200 so its not as bad as everyone is making it seem. good luck

 

Agreed, just take it down to the dealer you bought it from and see how much it would cost to get her installed. Be sure to shop around if you can.

 

I just bought a DE without A/C yesterday here in Wichita, KS... Mike Steven Mitsubishi quoted me $2000 on top of invoice to install A/C. I guess this doesn't surprise me because Mike Steven, who also has owns the VW/ Infiniti dealership here, has a notoriously scabby reputation when it comes to service after the sale. If you don't mind me asking, where are you located? Getting the same thing for almost half the price might be worth a reasonable drive.

 

thanks

 

yeah i have the 2011 de so im soon going to install the kit myself

 

just picked up the kit... wish me luck on install... At least I have a lift though...

 

sorry I meant to tell you all. I have succeeded. Parts installation was a flash. The programming not so difficult once I got past program interfaces for the windows xp os.

 

Step one. Removing brackets for condensor to slide in.



Next. The Lines to the Condensor, the compressor, the evaporator (which has the plate originally on it with (1) 10 mm bolt.






Then, ensuring you connect the sensors and torque down the lines, the system may or may not work. I have heard a few lancers to have a programmed a/c unit which is only operatable AFTER installation of the a/c lines and condensor and sensors read appropriate. Others such as mine, required additional work.

I will post pics tomorrow for the programming steps

 

Looks like I wasn't the only one they told me at the dealership that its the stickshift cars that mitsubishi does it with out the ac but i bought the 2012 lancer without the ac. when you guys bought the ac kit where did you buy it from and also did you use all the parts in it?

 

sorry im a year late... I actually bought it through mitsu. Came with all the hardware. Only issue was programming which you can get around

 

Hi,


I just installed the condenser, lines, pressure tested the system, vacuumed the lines and charged the system in my 2014 DE. When I press the AC button it beeps but doesn't light up or turn the compressor on. During the install I only plugged in one harness to one of the sensors in the line from the condenser. Is that the only harness I needed to plug in? Is this what you had before you programmed it? What would I require as far as a cable and software to do the programming? Is it easier to just go to the dealer to have it programmed?


Thanks,


Jeff