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Old June 14th, 2021, 5:55 PM
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Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and hoping someone could help me. I have a 2013 Captiva Sport and am having issues with my air. I bought the car and the air did not get cool so I took it to a shop and had it recharged. Now most of the time I start the car and start driving my air is pretty cold like it should be and within a half hour or so it will slowly start getting warmer air come out. A few miles later it'll get cold again and sometimes it won't. Don't have a lot of money to throw at it currently so was curious if anyone knows what I could check or have any ideas. Thank you
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Originally Posted by Jordanmaryssa2015
Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and hoping someone could help me. I have a 2013 Captiva Sport and am having issues with my air. I bought the car and the air did not get cool so I took it to a shop and had it recharged. Now most of the time I start the car and start driving my air is pretty cold like it should be and within a half hour or so it will slowly start getting warmer air come out. A few miles later it'll get cold again and sometimes it won't. Don't have a lot of money to throw at it currently so was curious if anyone knows what I could check or have any ideas. Thank you
Is the compressor cycling on/off? Might be a leak that the charge get's low, shuts off the compressor, then comes back on.
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Originally Posted by Jordanmaryssa2015
Hey guys, I'm new to the forum and hoping someone could help me. I have a 2013 Captiva Sport and am having issues with my air. I bought the car and the air did not get cool so I took it to a shop and had it recharged. Now most of the time I start the car and start driving my air is pretty cold like it should be and within a half hour or so it will slowly start getting warmer air come out. A few miles later it'll get cold again and sometimes it won't. Don't have a lot of money to throw at it currently so was curious if anyone knows what I could check or have any ideas. Thank you
IMO, you need to buy or have someone check your high side and low side pressures with an A/C gauge set. Normal pressures for an R-134A A/C system run around 30-45 PSI on the low side and 150 to 225 PSI on the high side, depending on ambient outside temperatures, of course.
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It was checked for leaks when I had to recharged and supposedly it's all sealed. And yeah the compressor will come on and off. Thank you for them numbers I actually had a buddy bring me a set of gauges last night so when I get off work today I will check them both. Thank u both for responding. I'll update tonight.
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