Honda Accord UK (1998 - 2003) - Air con problem?

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Mon 10 Apr 2006 00:53
Air con problem? - Statistical outlier
Evening all,

Just wanted to get people's thoughts on whether I might have something I should get a dealer to look at. I drove about 60 miles up to a friend's house in torrential rain earlier. The benefit of this is that my car is now really clean :-). I was there for a couple of hours, but when I left, my car steamed up about two minutes after I had driven away. I actually had to pull over and run the fans at full power for about five minutes before the car cleared again.

What I'm wondering is whether this indicates a fault someone, a leak somewhere in the air con system, or just that because it was 4° C. the air-conditioning pump had turned itself off, with resultant condensation. The car was on auto the whole way there, and was on auto until the point where it steamed up on the way back.

Any ideas from anyone? Should I just ignore it unless it happens again?

Cheers, Gord.

Edited by Pugugly {P} on 12/01/2008 at 21:06

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Mon 10 Apr 2006 01:34
Air con problem? Honda Accord - Ian D
I would not worry too much, if your car pumps out cold air when the temperature is higher I am sure it is working ok, when the temperature is a few degrees higher and it is raining put the aircon on recirc and if it clears quickly then no worries, you may just be a victim of the conditions at the time...
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Mon 10 Apr 2006 09:13
Air con problem? Honda Accord - P 2501
I run one of these Gordon and this sounds like normal behaviour to me.

One of the drawbacks of air con is the propensity to steam up at the slightest hint of moisture ;-)
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Mon 10 Apr 2006 09:42
Air con problem? Honda Accord - Altea Ego
One of the drawbacks of air con is the propensity to
steam up at the slightest hint of moisture ;-)



At first.

After the initial clearout aircon keeps things much drier.
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Mon 10 Apr 2006 09:46
Air con problem? Honda Accord - henry k
>>....just that because it was 4° C. the air-conditioning pump had turned itself off with resultant condensation.
Any ideas from anyone?
Should I just ignore it unless it

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IIRC this is normal.
It came as a surprise to me when it first happened as I had not had A/C til last year.
I experienced it several times driving the M40 last evening from Birmingham to London in the heavy snow showers.

I just switched on the heated screen... he says smugly.
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Mon 10 Apr 2006 10:44
Air con problem? Honda Accord - Bill Payer
Yep, it's completely normal. A/C turns itself off at 4C. If you get a car that's prone to steaming up (after rain then probably all will) then leaving A/C on all the time can be a nightmare if the temp drops.
As it happens (as the OP was about a Honda) wifey's Jazz is one of the worst cars we've had for this - once the a/c's been used, it's very difficult to turn it off again without misting up the car.
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Mon 10 Apr 2006 10:57
Air con problem? Honda Accord - madf
I find switching to recycle cures misting. The water is removed from the air inside vehicle.. no new water vapour enters
madf
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Mon 10 Apr 2006 11:10
Air con problem? Honda Accord - Statistical outlier
Cheers all, I didn't think of trying recirculate - if it happens again I'll give it a go. Thanks for the advice.

Gord
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Mon 10 Apr 2006 14:01
Air con problem? Honda Accord - Bill Payer
I find having recycle on makes the car mist up anyway (unless the a/c is on).
I would imagine that in a situation where it's too cold for the a/c to work, then switching to recycle wouldn't help at all - if anything it would surely be worse.
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Mon 10 Apr 2006 15:23
Air con problem? Honda Accord - Chuckie888
Are you getting restricted air throughput? My Accord needed a new Pollen filter, I had to ask for one specifically because they don't check on a service. Dramataically improved the heater performance.
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Mon 10 Apr 2006 15:37
Air con problem? Honda Accord - Statistical outlier
Not that I've noticed. It's only 3 months old, and while I've done 8.5k so far, I'd be quite amazed if it had got clogged that quickly over the winter.
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