Reefer and cooling units on the AP-7 at Girona

Reefer and cooling units

When the fridge stops with meat, fish or pharmaceuticals inside, the clock is running against you. We handle unit start failures, belts and pulleys, temperature sensors, pressure switches and gas loss, plus Thermo King and Carrier Transicold alarm codes. These jobs go to the front of the queue, because the load does not wait.

When a refrigeration unit fails it is not just a truck that stops: it is an entire load. Most thermal breakdowns on the road are electrical (connectors, blower motors, auxiliary batteries) or refrigerant-side (slow leaks in stone-pelted condensers), and both families allow a good share of roadside repair.

Before opening anything, read the unit display: Carrier and Thermo King alarm codes say a lot (low voltage, high discharge pressure, start failure). With the code in hand the intervention narrows and saves half an hour of blind testing.

What never to do

Do not open the box to check the load
Do not reset the unit repeatedly — it wipes the fault history
Do not wait until the cold chain is already broken to call

Temperature alarm. The display reports deviation from setpoint: act before the load climbs out of chain.

How it works

Read the alarm code, check supply voltages and earths, inspect condenser and evaporator visually. Electrical faults get repaired from portable stock; refrigerant leaks are traced with an electronic detector and recharged with exactly the gas and charge stated on the unit plate, leaving a temperature log for the receiver.

1
Read the alarm
Display code plus the unit's stored temperature log.
2
Electrical circuit first
Voltages, connectors and blowers: some 70% of stoppages.
3
Refrigerant circuit
Electronic leak trace, repair, recharge to plate specification.
4
Temperature report
Deliverable log proving the cold chain held.

Service

24 h reefer callout. Diagnosis + electrical or leak repair + temperature report.

Blow the condenser clean with compressed air weekly in hot weather and check the unit's belt tensioner: a dirty condenser spikes pressures and kills expensive compressors.

AP-7 · Girona

Half-way along the corridor, this stretch merges the flows coming off the border with those climbing from Barcelona: braking, overtaking and lane changes without pause.

Girona North/South junction, AP-7/A-2/A-11 connection. Girona service area. Mixed port-city traffic.

AP-7

7 – 9

Girona

Cataluña

24/7

24 hours · 365 days

La JonqueraAP-7 · 2 – 4 · 0 km FigueresAP-7 · 5 – 6 · 18 km GranollersAP-7 · 13 – 14 · 85 km BarcelonaAP-7 · 15 – 21 · 145 km

Questions about this stretch

Which junction am I most likely to need you at?

Girona Sud, where A-2 and coast flows merge. Late lane changes end in scrapes and hammered suspensions. If you're forced to stop, head for the service area.

If I break down right where the AP-7 splits from the A-2, where do I go?

Stay put with your lights on and send us your location: we know both branches. Don't try to roll to the junction itself — it's the worst possible stopping point.

Do you work with fleets running the France–Levante corridor?

Yes, several run this route weekly. They get scheduling priority and consolidated monthly invoicing; ask us for terms on the first call.

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Reefer and cooling units on the AP-7, Girona