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My Honda Accord's alternator packed up a week ago. Had it replaced with new belts. It made a screaming noise on full lock when I put the Air Con on as I got home. Drove it that evening to pop round to...
I have a 2003 Toyota Corolla D4D - the air blower is working very poorly and the aircon is rubbish too. I understand that the aircon may be out of gas - but what do you think is the problem with the blower?
My 2009 i10 had it's fourth annual service recently. At the same I asked for the air con to be checked as it didn't seem to be cooling down at all. They reported that the air con had no refrigerant in...
My sister drives a 2008 Nissan Micra 1.2 manual and noticed smoke/vapour coming out of the dash and a substance like cooking oil on the rear carpet a few days ago. We initially thought she spilled some...
I’ve owned a 2009 Volvo V50 from new. From time to time the climate control, when set on automatic, suddenly changes so that it may be limited to a single zone, perhaps coupled with full fan. Other possible...
I bought my 2008 CRV 2.0 Automatic as an approved used car from a Honda dealership in 2011. Recently my air con stopped working. Upon taking it to get the air re-gassed, I was advised the compressor was...
I have a 2008 Ford Fusion. A year ago I had the pressure tested on the air conditioning and had the unit regassed as it was not blowing cool air. This fixed the problem for a while, but the fault gradually...
I have been told by a dealer that air condition systems loose 10 per cent of their gas every year, is this correct?
We went to get our air con recharged today but got told that there was a problem with the compressor it wasn't kicking in? Could this be something as simple as a fuse or is it going to cost us serious...
I noticed my air con was blowing hot air so yesterday I took it to a "specialist" who pressure tested and re-gassed it but it was still not getting cold. He then plugged it into his computer which I got...
 

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