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Vehicle A/C question

#1 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu May 19, 2005 9:53 am

Yesterday, the A/C in my car wouldn't work on "1" or "2" -- no air blowing. However, when clicked up to "3" and above, it was fine - cold, air blowing out of the vents like it should.

Is there a chance that half the settings are on one fuse and half on are another and that's all I need? I can't figure out why else it would work on higher settings and not on the lower ones.
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#2 Postby depotoo » Thu May 19, 2005 10:13 am

no- your fan switch (it think that's what it is called) is going out. happened to mine. eventually you will get nothing. if it's the same problem. sorry
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#3 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu May 19, 2005 10:17 am

depotoo wrote:no- your fan switch (it think that's what it is called) is going out. happened to mine. eventually you will get nothing. if it's the same problem. sorry


Ack! Can't have that in the summer, now can I? :eek:

Thanks for letting me know, Dep! :)
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#4 Postby mf_dolphin » Thu May 19, 2005 10:32 am

Better the fan switch than the compressor or evaporator :-)
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#5 Postby CajunMama » Thu May 19, 2005 11:58 am

I have an auto A/C problem also....and the doofus' at the mitsubishi place think i'm nuts. Cold air blows out nice and chilly while i'm moving but when i have to come to a complete stop the air temp rises drastically...to like 85° or so....not fun when it's hot outside. Anyone have any guess as to what it may be?
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#6 Postby southerngale » Thu May 19, 2005 12:05 pm

CajunMama wrote:I have an auto A/C problem also....and the doofus' at the mitsubishi place think i'm nuts. Cold air blows out nice and chilly while i'm moving but when i have to come to a complete stop the air temp rises drastically...to like 85° or so....not fun when it's hot outside. Anyone have any guess as to what it may be?


It sounds like your cooling fan isn't working when you come to a stop. Maybe something is tripping it up when you're at a stop. Also, you could have more than one cooling fan and maybe one just simply isn't working.

Of course I'm not a mechanic.
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#7 Postby CajunMama » Thu May 19, 2005 12:06 pm

southerngale wrote:
CajunMama wrote:I have an auto A/C problem also....and the doofus' at the mitsubishi place think i'm nuts. Cold air blows out nice and chilly while i'm moving but when i have to come to a complete stop the air temp rises drastically...to like 85° or so....not fun when it's hot outside. Anyone have any guess as to what it may be?


It sounds like your cooling fan isn't working when you come to a stop. Maybe something is tripping it up when you're at a stop. Also, you could have more than one cooling fan and maybe one just simply isn't working.

Of course I'm not a mechanic.


Are you sure you're not a mechanic? Did you sleep at a Holiday Inn last night? :lol:
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#8 Postby southerngale » Thu May 19, 2005 12:10 pm

CajunMama wrote:
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CajunMama wrote:I have an auto A/C problem also....and the doofus' at the mitsubishi place think i'm nuts. Cold air blows out nice and chilly while i'm moving but when i have to come to a complete stop the air temp rises drastically...to like 85° or so....not fun when it's hot outside. Anyone have any guess as to what it may be?


It sounds like your cooling fan isn't working when you come to a stop. Maybe something is tripping it up when you're at a stop. Also, you could have more than one cooling fan and maybe one just simply isn't working.

Of course I'm not a mechanic.


Are you sure you're not a mechanic? Did you sleep at a Holiday Inn last night? :lol:


LOL - as a matter of fact, I did!
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#9 Postby depotoo » Thu May 19, 2005 12:20 pm

and what were you DOING at at Holiday Inn last night!!! lol



that could be low on freon if it still blows, hubby said to put in nuetral and it should help some, if not enough then rev it just a bit.
if it's not blowing then the damper could be loose and see if it's blowing out the defrost vent.



also - DUCK - could be the resistor going bad as well - one or the other.

Hubby is an a/c manager - not for cars, but he always figures ours out.
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#10 Postby GalvestonDuck » Thu May 19, 2005 12:28 pm

depotoo wrote:and what were you DOING at at Holiday Inn last night!!! lol



that could be low on freon if it still blows, hubby said to put in nuetral and it should help some, if not enough then rev it just a bit.
if it's not blowing then the damper could be loose and see if it's blowing out the defrost vent.



also - DUCK - could be the risistor going bad as well - one or the other.

Hubby is an a/c manager - not for cars, but he always figrues ours out.


I'll be right over. :)
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