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06-20-2010 , 10:41 PM

DirtyPirate

newbie

Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 36

So keep in mind I know absolutely nothing about cars. I got in my car today and noticed the air conditioning wouldn't turn on, no air came out at all. I was wondering if anyone ever had a similar situation and what the problem turned out to be. My car is really old and I've been looking for a new one while I save some cash, but I live in Arizona so would prefer to have air conditioning during the summer at least.

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06-20-2010 , 10:49 PM

LFS

emo gaylord

Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 21,863

Sounds like your air conditioning is broken.

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06-20-2010 , 11:00 PM

Terremoto

adept

Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 751

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Originally Posted by DirtyPirate

no air came out at all

If no air is blowing at all, it may not be your a/c. Could be your fan blower motor, switch, fuse, or any number of other things that will be difficult to diagnose on an internet forum.

Then there's this problem of getting you to work on your car if you know absolutely nothing about cars. Do you even have any tools? Volt-Ohmmeter? See where this is going? May be best to ask around to see if any friends or family members can recommend a good mechanic.

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Originally Posted by LFS

Sounds like your air conditioning is broken.

I seriously lolled... nice one Mr. Slim...

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06-20-2010 , 11:04 PM

DirtyPirate

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Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 36

I'm taking it to a mechanic tomorrow, was just posting to see if anyone had the same thing happen to them to maybe get an idea of what I was in for.

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06-20-2010 , 11:09 PM

Mitch Evans

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Originally Posted by DirtyPirate

I'm taking it to a mechanic tomorrow, was just posting to see if anyone had the same thing happen to them to maybe get an idea of what I was in for.

Every car repair is $500+ even if the problem was no fuel in the tank.

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06-20-2010 , 11:12 PM

4 High

Searching For Jenna Fischer

Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 11,735

I'm surprised there isn't a sucessful chain that hasn't been made for Car shops considering how rife the industry is with fraud and abuse. I would think just by being on the up and up the reputation would spread as so few car places have good reputations.

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06-20-2010 , 11:59 PM

Tony_P

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Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 12,023

Put some ice in your pants before you drive.

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06-21-2010 , 12:05 AM

adizzle13

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this sounds way too complicated to ask a bunch of internet poker players. i have a very limited knowledge of cars and afaik this could be any number of things. take it to a mechanic imo.

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06-21-2010 , 09:45 AM

cbeaks

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Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 1,188

Move to beginners questions?

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06-21-2010 , 11:20 AM

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Poker Reference

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Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 4,877

I had this happen on my car. Turned out to be the fan; it's been a couple of years but from what I recall it was around $200 to fix.

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06-21-2010 , 11:31 AM

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z28dreams

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Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 5,108

Could be a few things.

Try setting the fan to max power - if it works on that setting but no others, there's a good chance the resistor pack failed. ($50 part or so, but labor is kind of annoying).

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06-21-2010 , 12:05 PM

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jthegreat

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check the fuse first

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06-21-2010 , 12:44 PM

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zoltan

Carpal \'Tunnel

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Open windows. Sweat anyway.

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06-21-2010 , 12:57 PM

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nyc999

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 18,688

No idea what the problem is, but I do know that anything AC-related is expensive as hell to fix.

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06-21-2010 , 01:04 PM

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Josh J

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Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 349

are there big moths stuck in all the vents?

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