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Old 05-07-2003, 02:36 PM   #1
JudoAnt
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air conditioner

My AC no longer gets cold on my 94 accord. Has anyone else had to deal w/ AC problems? If so, what are some issues, and are they costly? Over the past 2 summers my AC gradually did not get as cold, but I could get it re-charged and it would do good enough to get me through the summer. Now it does not get cold at all and I don't want to spend $100+ to re-charge it if it's not going to do any good. Seems to be totally out now.
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Old 05-07-2003, 03:28 PM   #2
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My AC no longer gets cold on my 94 accord. Has anyone else had to deal w/ AC problems? If so, what are some issues, and are they costly? Over the past 2 summers my AC gradually did not get as cold, but I could get it re-charged and it would do good enough to get me through the summer. Now it does not get cold at all and I don't want to spend $100+ to re-charge it if it's not going to do any good. Seems to be totally out now.


I had the same issue. Several possibilities were looked into initially and we could not at all figure it out. It ended up that there was a short in the wire that we fixed but not my AC does not work on 4.
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Old 05-07-2003, 04:20 PM   #3
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You've probably got a leak in the system, which would/could require new seals, etc. Finding the leak is the first part of the problem. I'm not sure how much it costs for new seals, but working on freon systems isn't exactly cheap these days....

For around $2-300 iirc you could probably upgrade to an R-134a system, but it may be cheaper to get the other one fixed and recharged.

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Old 05-08-2003, 01:30 AM   #4
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more then likely needs and evaporator and the insulators...it's kinda of an expensive repair. but could be done with the right tools.

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Old 05-08-2003, 04:32 PM   #5
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My ac has a very slow freon leek, Last summer I paid $50 for honda to refill it and It lasted all summer, I'm about to go have them refill it again because it is getting hot up here yo!
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Old 05-10-2003, 04:53 PM   #6
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AC?? who needs an AC....... hehe I never use my..... I just roll down the windows (even tough it works)
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Old 05-11-2003, 01:37 AM   #7
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AC?? who needs an AC....... hehe I never use my..... I just roll down the windows (even tough it works)
stand outside frying on the ashplat for 9 hours with a 3 hour drive back, i love A/C after an auto-x.

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Old 05-11-2003, 10:21 AM   #8
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i rteally don't like the ac but the ev aporator seems to be a common problem on hondas. also in the winter time make sure you turn on the ac once in a while and that will keep it in good shape for the next year.
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Old 05-11-2003, 12:50 PM   #9
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I dun use a A/C as much because I open a sunroof and windows down during the non-raining or the sunny weather. Only I put A/C during warm-up the car and cold weather.
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Old 05-11-2003, 11:02 PM   #10
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I just got mine back from the shop 2 weeks ago for re-wiring headlight and fixing my A/C. Apparently I had a short in one of the relays or some shit and they recharged my freon. Have them quote you on electrical wiring for the A/C I forget but i think the total re-wiring of headlights and A/C was about $500 w/ labor. Its up to you I didn't have it for almost 2 years but in FL it gets pretty damn hot and when it rains you can't see shit.
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Old 05-12-2003, 01:44 PM   #11
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AC?? who needs an AC....... hehe I never use my..... I just roll down the windows (even tough it works)


come to the midwest in the midddle of summer when it's 100 and drive around in my black car and then tell me that I don't need ac
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Old 05-13-2003, 01:20 AM   #12
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come to the midwest in the midddle of summer when it's 100 and drive around in my black car and then tell me that I don't need ac
AMEN!!!!! 98 degrees with 80% humidity=sweating jeremy
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Old 05-13-2003, 01:26 AM   #13
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i don't use the ac even on 100+ degree weather with 80+ humidity roll al 4's down
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Old 05-17-2003, 09:16 AM   #14
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my ac has the same problem, i wonder how you would diagnose it if it had a leak?
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Old 05-17-2003, 02:32 PM   #15
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I dun even ac as much only for cold weather or raining weather.

I use open sunroof for all the times, some 2 windows down for hotter weather, and 4 windows down for much hotter weather.
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