A/C only gets cold at higher RPMs...

[WormGod]

Funny seeing this post. The little lady I am bumping ugly with asked me a couple weeks ago if I could take a look at her A/C since it wasn't working. Said it only blew cold air if she was up to speed (I know i know... insert funny comments *here*). Well, it was about 70f outside that night when I looked at it and it seemed pretty good to me at a stand still. Took it out for a spin and it was still fine.

A couple things to keep in mind, of course, the hotter it is, the harder the A/C has to work.... so.... I looked at her settings.

AUTO TEMP CONTROL - 70f

FRESH AIR

UPPER VENTS

Ya well, when it's 90f+ out, it's a good rule of thumb to use RECIRCULATE. *wink* A hell of a lot easier to get cooler air in high heat.

Just putting it out there since a LOT of people end up spending a small fortune on A/C maintenance when something as simple as this can remedy particular cases.

[SilverBullet75]

Yup... LOL. That's a common one.
I had to learn that lesson a while back too. You are correct with the extra heat part though... at 100+ and at idle, it seems like it's blowing room temp air (hot). Then I put it in neutral and push it up to 3k and now it's nice and cold.

I'm leaning toward the dying compressor idea. But for now, I just try to avoid surface streets. LOL

[circmand]

that AZ and others are selling the R134 for refill given our vehicle are anywhere from 9-11 years old they may need recharging

[99VC]

It has 102,938.7 if that's the deciding factor. Just let me know when and I'll grab the title and head your way.

[tom4bren]

When I tried to add R134 to my Eclipse, the guage indicated that I had too much pressure in the system. Either the mechanic doing front end repair work on the car didn't recharge the system properly or the system has become contaminated. I probably need to have the system purged & refilled.

I'd already learnt about the recirculate button thinggy on the dash.