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How worthwhile would it be to get the air con regas done on my 10 year old Audi TT? It's done 49,300 miles.
I have a 2017 Toyota Yaris. Will using the air con on high waste fuel faster?
How often does the air conditionong on my 2015 VW polo need servicing?
We have a two year old SEAT Ibiza which needed an air conditioning re-gas, costing £70 as it wasn't covered by warranty. Nine months down the line it has failed again. By my reckoning, it has a leak which...
I've noticed that heated air comes out of the vents more or less instantly when I start my 2015 BMW 320i in the morning and turn on the air conditioning. How does it do this? Is there an electric heating...
You say in your Telegraph column that air con specialists will repair a compressor clutch; however, I can't find one on the south coast that will do this. Instead, they will only replace the compressor....
I was under the assumption that all cars were fitted with pollen filters, but I find no such filter on my 2015 Dacia Sandero. It doesn't have air con, but there is a removable cover in the driver's footwell...
My son has a 2012 SEAT Ibiza. Last week the fan blower started playing up. It works at position four, but refuses to work on any other setting. I have changed the pollen filter and it still doesn't work....
Does the Nissan Qashqai Visia grade have air con as standard?
My wife purchased a one year old Ford Focus in January 2015. When we first had warm weather in May 2015 we noticed the climate control was not cooling the car so our local Ford dealer regassed the air...