Retrofitting Systems

Mitsubishi Motor Sales of America, Inc. is monitoring the supply of R12 to arrive at an appropriate point for offering retrofit kits for its 1993 and earlier models. Retrofit kits will vary from vehicle to vehicle.

It will be necessary to educate customers about retrofitting. Please assure those who think retrofitting is mandatory that it is not, and advise them that the decision is fundamentally an economic one. Whether or not to retrofit depends on the relative costs of R12 and R134a (and these are changing constantly) and the parts and labor involved in retrofitting the customer's car. Retrofitting a car to use R134a involves evacuating the car's system, recovering the refrigerant, flushing the system, installing the components, hoses and fittings that make up the retrofit kit, and recharging the system with R134a.