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• Vauxhall Astra H - air con compressor 3 Dec 2015 (Forum)
  Hello i hope someone can help. I started getting squealing noise from auxiliary belt. I looked under the bonnet and noticed that belt was not sitting right so i tried to push the belt back on and the air con pump fell under the engine. The hosesare still connected but it looks like the bracket
• Peugeot 306 (1993 - 2001) - 2000 2.0 Air con specialist in Hertfordshire 6 Aug 2009 (Forum)
  I asked this question a good while back (but didn't follow it up) and am asking again in the hope that someone has had some recent relevant experience: Can anyone recommend a good air con specialist reasonably local to me? - I'm in Hemel Hempstead and am thinking Watford/St Albans maybe, but could
• replacing air con pipes.....306 hdi 6 Sep 2006 (Forum)
  My air con went for re-gassing which showed a leak on the pipe that goes across the radiator. This is where the bracket joins which i no is a common problem. I was wondering if its possible to replace pipes with rubber? I thought it might be easier, cheaper and longer lasting. Or am i way off
• Xantia air-con switches itself 12 Jun 2003 (Forum)
  My Xantia estate (Mk2) has air-con and it has started switching itself on without the dash switch depressed. The light on the dash switch comes on too. I assume it is either a faulty switch or faulty relay. Has anyone experienced this, and can anyone tell me which relay - I could then test
• Ford Mondeo 1999 with air con - Air distribution switch is to screen only 24 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  The air distribution switch will only send the air to the windscreen vents regardless of its position. I know it is a vacuum operated system on this car and I have looked up previous posts on this subject. However, I still do not fully understand either how it works or how to diagnose
• Ford Focus (1998 - 2004) - 99 1.8 Servicing of air con system 1 Jul 2018 (Forum)
  I own a Ford Focus 1.8 petrol which has air conditioning fitted. I bought the car when it was 5 years old and I have no evidence that the air con system has ever been serviced and so far in the time that I have had it, I have had nothing done to it. I have read on the internet that up to 10
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  The air con has stopped working in a used car we bought two months ago - what are our rights? 13 Apr 2017 (Ask HJ)
  My daughter bought a used 2011 Vauxhall Astra 1.2 with 76k miles on clock in Feb this year with a 3 month warranty, but the air-con has stopped working....
• any - air con regas in Herts 16 Jul 2011 (Forum)
  Hi Guys can anybody give me a guide price for a regas on my ac ? im after a proper job not a halfords type effort
• VW Golf Mk4 2003 PD - Air Con Question ( service ) Climate Control 24 Jun 2014 (Forum)
  Hello Readers, I have a question about air con servicing on my 11 year old Golf, it has     the Climate Control option installed. Although the aircon is still delivering usefull cool air its been 4 years since the last service. I recall at the last air con
• Astra 1.6 Air Con 1 Jul 2006 (Forum)
  Our Astra G, Z16SE has developed a leak in the air con. Theres a patch of oil near to the pipe connection and P clip just under the air filter housing on the drivers side inner wing. Two questions; 1) Before I begin to take things apart, is this a known fault, with a known cure? I'm hoping
• Omega misting up. 14 Oct 2002 (Forum)
  Anyone else have a big problem with their Vauxhall Omega misting up in rainy weather? I find I often have to use the air con to clear it, putting the demister on usually agravates the problem. It seems that the air from the vents without the air con always smells a bit "humid" to me, would
• Cooper S - Air Con on R56 Cooper S 31 May 2020 (Forum)
  As a female am bit wary of asking on Cooper groups about mechanicals as they get very heated assuming we're all thick. On this forum you've always been helpful and polite so will post it here.......I have a R56 Cooper S. Now the air con has never been that cold albeit perfectly acceptable to me
• Ford Mondeo III (2000 - 2007) - 2003 2.0 Air con and radiator fan on contiuously 11 Dec 2008 (Forum)
  Recently my air con and radiator fan started running continuously when the engine was running. This is a June 2003 TDCi. Air con switch did nothing. Heater controls are the 3 round dials (pre-climate control) Fault was found to be the heater control panel which has all sorts of electronics
• Ford Focus II (2004 - 2007) - 2006 1.6 Air con does not work 5 Jul 2008 (Forum)
  My fathers 2006 Focus II 1.6 Duratec engine, air con stopped working yesterday. He had run the air con regularly at least once a week winter and summer following HJ's instructions about duration of running and cold first then hot to dry things out. Yesterday (hottest day of the year I guess) it did
• xantia air-con 9 Jul 2005 (Forum)
  Hi all I have a problem with my xantia 1.8 16v air con Basically the on/off light faded and I took the switch off to clean the bulb, no problems all working, as i took put the switch back about 75% of the way it was still working fine, then i put the switch back all the way and it stopped, i.e
• SEAT Altea XL - Fuses 7 Jun 2013 (Forum)
  My air con is not working I cannot find which fuse is on this circuit any ideas please re this and any other common problems with air con on this model
• Daewoo Laganis Air Con 11 Jun 2004 (Forum)
  Hi A friends Laganis AC has started puffing out a white vapour when first turned on. what is the vapour and should he be woried? cheers al
• Ford Fiesta zetec climate - Fiesta air con leak 22 Sep 2014 (Forum)
  Hi, I had the car re gassed a couple of months ago and has stopped working again so there must be a slight leak. Can hear the compressor clicking a lot which I beleive indicates low gas pressure. Before I go to an air con specialist is anybody aware of any common problems or likely places
• Vauxhall Vectra C 1.9 cdti sri - air con 30 Mar 2012 (Forum)
  Hi all ive got a vectra 1.9 cdti sri and the air con does'nt work ive taken it to kwik fit and they couldnt get any pressure and they did'nt have any die so they could'nt check for leaks,so ive been askin around as you do and i was told the clutch could've gone on the compresor
• Mercedes 420SEL W126 - R12 air con regas 29 May 2010 (Forum)
  Is there a cost effective work around to regas a R12 system now that this substance appears to be outlawed? I have varying responses from garages, air con specialists and the net. The answers seem to depend more on what product they offer than my best interests. Answers vary from new seals