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Ok, a little back story, my AC hasn't worked right for a long time (almost two years) I've had it in to 7 shops and gotten 7 different answers as to what's wrong with it, basically the AC will get cold, then just shut off and start blowing extremely hot humid air, also water comes out of my bottom vents into the car and onto my feet. One dealership said that it was the thermistor malfunctioning, basically not telling the compressor to stop cooling and freezing up, this was a dealership where my parents live, so they told me what I need and had the dealership down here order the parts, they ordered the parts but said that they wouldn't gaurantee the work at all unless they diagnosed it. So they diagnosed the problem and basically said that they would have to take out the entire A/C and rebuild it because the "clutch" was too far away, total price - $1800 which for a '96 accord is far too much money.
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Anyways, today I was coming back from a trip and I've learned that my AC will work pretty well if I turn it mid way on the dial rather than all the way cold, and I had AC for about 200 miles, then I pulled off for a rest stop and when I started the car back up the air would not blow at all out of the vents. I'd originally thought that maybe the fan had gotten frozen, so I figured that I would leave it on and see if it came back on after thawing in the 100 degree heat. It did, but only after a few minutes and dumping a sizable amount of water inside my car. Then later in my trip the fan started blowing slower and slower then went off, so I'm thinking that maybe my AC drain hose is clogged and has perhaps flooded the unit. Does this sound right? If so, is it something that I can take care of my self? I'm just really tired of getting the run around on this thing at this point. I googled and came across a diagram that just didn't make any sense and I couldn't find the hose that they were referring to. Does anyone have any more specific advice?
Ok, a little back story, my AC hasn't worked right for a long time (almost two years) I've had it in to 7 shops and gotten 7 different answers as to what's wrong with it, basically the AC will get cold, then just shut off and start blowing extremely hot humid air, also water comes out of my bottom vents into the car and onto my feet. One dealership said that it was the thermistor malfunctioning, basically not telling the compressor to stop cooling and freezing up, this was a dealership where my parents live, so they told me what I need and had the dealership down here order the parts, they ordered the parts but said that they wouldn't gaurantee the work at all unless they diagnosed it. So they diagnosed the problem and basically said that they would have to take out the entire A/C and rebuild it because the "clutch" was too far away, total price - $1800 which for a '96 accord is far too much money.
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Anyways, today I was coming back from a trip and I've learned that my AC will work pretty well if I turn it mid way on the dial rather than all the way cold, and I had AC for about 200 miles, then I pulled off for a rest stop and when I started the car back up the air would not blow at all out of the vents. I'd originally thought that maybe the fan had gotten frozen, so I figured that I would leave it on and see if it came back on after thawing in the 100 degree heat. It did, but only after a few minutes and dumping a sizable amount of water inside my car. Then later in my trip the fan started blowing slower and slower then went off, so I'm thinking that maybe my AC drain hose is clogged and has perhaps flooded the unit. Does this sound right? If so, is it something that I can take care of my self? I'm just really tired of getting the run around on this thing at this point. I googled and came across a diagram that just didn't make any sense and I couldn't find the hose that they were referring to. Does anyone have any more specific advice?
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