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#31 of 791 jacnjill by swschrad Jul 10, 2002 (10:30 pm)
bet you have a diverter door stuck or inactive that is keeping the air from you. they are mostly run by vacuum from the manifold. that is what you have to diagnose, and a manual really helps.
#32 of 791 Fix Wet Carpets in Jeeps from A/C drain being Plugged by wkilgore Aug 12, 2002 (6:14 am)
Is your JGC A/C leaking water on your carpets? Your drain line is plugged! Cann't find the drainline? Its inside the boxbeam of the frame! I have found a way to fix it with common shop tools for about $2. E-mail me at wkilgorecontactpsc.com and I will send directions and digital photos. Replies to this message: jaha1 (Aug 08, 2005 9:54 am)
#34 of 791 1998 Cadillac Deville by maryatyler Aug 21, 2002 (4:54 pm)
Has anyone had problems with 1998 Cadillac Deville air conditioner? I was told my compressor went out because of overuse of my air conditioner. Has anyone ever heard of such? I only have 41,360 miles on my car.
#35 of 791 uhhhhh, that's simplistic by swschrad Aug 21, 2002 (5:50 pm)
the design of cars now is that until you get cold out, it is very difficult to run interior HVAC without the air conditioner running. to say that a compressor fails because it is used, when the component typically has been seen as close to a lifetime part, is very overly simplistic.   now, failure of a compressor because of insufficient oil or refrigerant, or because it is being pulled on at an angle and the bearing fails early, or because of excess dirt in the system, are all likely causes. most of which have other symptoms, and servicing the system before the drive belt burns up or the fuses blow would have caught that.   whose fault that is, we don't have enough info.   but as for failing in use... well... yeah, that's the reason all mechanical equipment fails, sure enough. around here, we don't take that baloney with a smile
#36 of 791 That's hard to believe by burdawg Aug 22, 2002 (5:56 am)
At 41K it's surprising, but my trusted AC man has told me recently that he's doing major repairs on many low mileage newer GM vehicles. My daughters 95 Grand Am needed major repairs last summer (new compressor + associated parts) at 65K. Judging from the tiny AC compressor on our new Chevy Trailblazer it won't be much better either, but time will tell.
#37 of 791 burdawg by fleetwoodsimca Aug 22, 2002 (7:39 am)
I think you are right on. My recollection is that GM has had lots of trouble trying to get the air conditioning thing right, for many years. I recall a time when Chrysler had the most durable and dependable AC units, while GM units would cool quicker, but they failed early. Maybe times don't change that much, as the saying goes!
#38 of 791 The Trailblazer has by joe3891 Aug 22, 2002 (8:19 am)
an upscale compressor,should be no problem.
#39 of 791 the rotax was a nice little compressor for X-bodies by swschrad Aug 26, 2002 (6:31 pm)
but the rings were plastic. that ought to tell you something about GMs.
#40 of 791 Villager A/C repair 2nd TIME IN TWO YEARS!! by dougvillager Sep 04, 2002 (12:17 pm)
I am a 93 Villager - 2 years ago the A/C died of age - approx. 160K. The entire system was replaced by a Mercury dealer with new parts because "we don't want to back doing this again do we?..." Well, less than 2 years by about 2 weeks the compressor died.   When I returned to the dealer, they offer to give me 25% off of $1,600.00 !!!! My opinion is that this shouldn't have happened so soon. Nothing was used or remanufactured to avoid this very problem.   Someone has told me that the dealer CAN send back for warranty coverage. That plus a break on the labor for goodwill reasons would this repeat performance acceptable.   Does anyone know if this warranty story is true?

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