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Old 09-07-2004, 11:41 PM
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A/C Acting Weird!

When i set my A/C to 65, it starts acting funny. The temp will say 65, and then go to 20 then back to 65 back and forth. The fresh air and circulation light keeps going on and off every second as well.

What could be the problem? Anyone else have this?
Old 09-08-2004, 12:18 AM
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not sure but my best guess is that a a fuse is going bad?
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Originally Posted by xpothosx
When i set my A/C to 65, it starts acting funny. The temp will say 65, and then go to 20 then back to 65 back and forth. The fresh air and circulation light keeps going on and off every second as well.

What could be the problem? Anyone else have this?

I didnt even know 20 was possible in our cars? I thought the lowest you could go was 65?
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Originally Posted by Type S Desi
I didnt even know 20 was possible in our cars? I thought the lowest you could go was 65?
i was going to say the same thing??? i doubt it would be a fuse if its actualy doing that. my guess would be some type of malfunction in the unit itself
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I didnt know it could go to 20 either. I guess im just going to replace it under warranty
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My best guess is 20 C not F.....The canadian TL displays in C and not F....maybe you AC unit is having withdrawls.
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My best guess is 20 C not F.....The canadian TL displays in C and not F....maybe you AC unit is having withdrawls.
the only problem with that theroy is that he lives in texas. not canada?????
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Of course, Texas and Canada are big countries , but I think that Acura doesn't build special cars for neither of them and basic instrument are the same - just the settings are different. So maybe A/C is switching between the two settings?
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I forgot to mention that it only happens when the car is cool and the a/c has been running for about 10 min. It does not do it at the beginning when the car is hot inside, only cool.
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Originally Posted by Type S Desi
I didnt even know 20 was possible in our cars? I thought the lowest you could go was 65?

i thought its more like 60
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Originally Posted by PimPinTL-S
i thought its more like 60

definately 60... I seem to remember reading about this about a year ago... don't have the time to search for it now, but I think its happened to someone previously
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I believe for the american cars... when it shows up 20 it means there is an error or a fault in your AC unit. I still havn't figured out what mine will do. Mine ranges from 18-32 I think. But there is no way to change the display from celcius to farenheit... so I'd call the dealer and ask.
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Holy shit, I posted this same Exact thing like a month or more ago at least. When my a/c was set to 65 and I turned the car on, it would go to like 22 degrees then back up.

The dealership called the insurance and he said it was a bad head unit, and that when the a/c said 22 degrees, if none of the other buttons on the head unit worked (a/c, off, defrost, fan, etc...) then it would be under my extended warranty.
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Originally Posted by fsttyms1
the only problem with that theroy is that he lives in texas. not canada?????
Excatly, the car is having issues thinking he is canadian.
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Originally Posted by Bitium
Excatly, the car is having issues thinking he is canadian.

Took it to acura today, hopefully they replace the whole thing.
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