[MetallicaMatt]

I've owned my Cruze for 3 weeks now. Read this post last night.

Drive home today, I had the climate control set to manual, had the temp set to LO and the fans all the way up. It was 69* outside. All of a sudden it got COLD. Then it would go away, then back on again, over and over. Long story short, it seemed the a/c would kick on for about 30 seconds, then off again. "Auto" was off, "A/C" was off, "AQS" was off.

I turned the fans all the way up, they would blow normal outside air for a couple minutes, then get freezing cold, then the fans would idle almost completely off....then they would jump back to high again at normal temperature???

NOT happy. New car and I just started working (6) 12's :/

Mine is a 2012 LTZ with autoclimate. When I turned it to auto, the fans idled down (because it was freezing inside) and stayed normal.

Forgot to mention this whole time while in manual mode, I continued to play with the temperature settings, but made no difference.

 

[MetallicaMatt]

I have been averaging 34.5mpg highway. My trip to work is about 20-25 miles of flat roads at 68mph. The rest is flat at around 55-60mph.

 

[MetallicaMatt]

^^ Good to know, as it was raining and muggy when I noticed this, BUT I was in manual mode at the time, not Automatic. When in manual with the snowflake/a/c button off, the compressor shouldn't have kicked on all the time....or so I would think...

 

[MetallicaMatt]

....so in summary...what we are experiencing is normal, or no?

Today was perfectly dry, not very humid and I didn't notice it (didn't have it on very long).

Either way, If I tell it to leave the a/c off, it should leave it off in my opinion, instead of getting frozen every 2 minutes.

 

[MetallicaMatt]

Thank you Stacy!

I am very happy with the dealership that I purchased the vehicle from. Hopefully their service is just as good!

I will keep you updated.

 

[MetallicaMatt]

I went to the dealer today, mainly to have a couple small cosmetic things fixed that I noticed after I took delivery. I mentioned and explained the A/C situation and since it was nice and dry today, it was working properly. The service guy could only thing that perhaps the moisture sensor was turning the compressor on (even though I had everything set to make sure it wouldn't come on). He said the next time it is acting that way, to bring it in.

Unfortunately with my schedule and the distance to the dealership, that will never happen. I just wanted to know if it was normal or not for it to come on. If it is normal...I don't like it at all.

But the dealership was polite and took care of what they could do.