A third installment of my hunt to find why I'm not having any cold air come out of my A/C.
My 2013, LT/RS Cruze with ~83,000 miles (133,575 Km), has had no A/C for several weeks now. I took it to a dealership and they told me that the radiator fan assembly needed to be replaced. Because they wanted way too much money I took it to another shop, showed them what the dealer had diagnosed, and they replaced the fan.
I get a call from the shop and they said the got the radiator fan working...but I still had no A/C even on the freeway. I had them drain the system, pull a vacuum, and recharge the system and they said my pressures on the high and low side are erratically changing, leading them to a bad compressor as a diagnosis. They also said there is a TSB about this problem that might be worth looking into.
What doesn't make sense is that I could see the compressor turning while the A/C was running.
Anyway they also said that they needed to replace many other parts besides just the compressor to "stay within certain warranties" These components included condenser, receiver/dryer.
If I only have the 100k mile powertrain warranty left is that necessary to do? This problem grew exponentially from what I thought it was is this a safe assumption as a next step?
My 2013, LT/RS Cruze with ~83,000 miles (133,575 Km), has had no A/C for several weeks now. I took it to a dealership and they told me that the radiator fan assembly needed to be replaced. Because they wanted way too much money I took it to another shop, showed them what the dealer had diagnosed, and they replaced the fan.
I get a call from the shop and they said the got the radiator fan working...but I still had no A/C even on the freeway. I had them drain the system, pull a vacuum, and recharge the system and they said my pressures on the high and low side are erratically changing, leading them to a bad compressor as a diagnosis. They also said there is a TSB about this problem that might be worth looking into.
What doesn't make sense is that I could see the compressor turning while the A/C was running.
Anyway they also said that they needed to replace many other parts besides just the compressor to "stay within certain warranties" These components included condenser, receiver/dryer.
If I only have the 100k mile powertrain warranty left is that necessary to do? This problem grew exponentially from what I thought it was is this a safe assumption as a next step?
