hi all,
We recently had some heat in the North East and this is the first time I turn on AC but I have noticed something that I'm not sure if any members in here had experienced with. When I push the AC button with the fan level in the middle, it takes a little over 10 mins for me to feel the cool air. ... I feel like it takes way longer for cool air to come out compare to my 01 V6 Accord. The car is 2012 and I don't believe it is already out of refrigerant...
Has anyone had the same feeling/experience?????
Thanks.

 

What temperature did you set it at? 10 minutes seems like along time.

 

That what I thought too, it seemed like it took too long to have cool air.
BTW, it was set at 62 degree and outside temp was 86 degree.

 

That's the one 'fault' that I've seen with the TL. In my Lexus AC was within the min, even faster in most BMW's I've been in. The AC is slow... even so 10 minuets is excessive. I'd take it to a mechanic to get the freon pressure checked.

davensd

 

I live in the South West of the US, in the summer we hit 115 F and above. Nevertheless, right now we have 96 F; AC is set at 69 and it takes about 2 minutes to get cool in the cabin. I would advice to go see a mechanic or your dealership, 10 minutes is not normal.

 

Thanks guys for your confirmations. I'll schedule an appointment and drop the car at with the dealer to see what is going on.
It is really odd to me, just hope there is nothing serious comes out of this.

 

yep ... something is up takes about 2 mins for me to cool down the cabin, let us know what the dealer says

if u've never used the ac before it may just be low on freon from the dealer happened to one of my buddies who bought a 2010 tl new

 

Update: I stopped by dealership and talked to the service tech. The primary reason it took longer to feel AC because I had it on at 64 degree. The service tech changed it to 60 degree and we can feel the cold air came out. There was no leak which was a good thing but it still didn't make sense to me. Only 4 degree different and it has a huge impact on AC????
Can anyone confirm that they had their temp at 64 degree but didn't feel any cold air??? I still think there is something going on with the system in my car...

 

Eh. My climate control is set at 70 degrees 95% of the time, summer or winter. My AC is blowing very cold air within a couple blocks of driving, even on really hot days. You shouldn't have to turn it all the way down to 60 degrees to get it to cool the cabin.

 

I own a 3rd gen TL. I notice the air temperature coming from the vents begin to lower within seconds of me hitting the A/C button.

 

Thanks for the reply guys.
The only thing it does not make sense to me is, if there was something wrong with the system, cold air will not come out but I did have AC at 60 degree.
Besides, it passed the system check up at dealership, not that I always trust the dealer but I don't think they lied to me in this case.
I'm happy that I have AC now but this is still an unsolved mystery.

 

both of my cars blow cold air within a few moments.. by the time I move a block or 2, it is blowing as cold as it is going to get. It should not take very long at all to get cold air.

 

Indeed this makes no sense.

 

Here goes another trip to dealer.
Let's see if they can find out anything out of ordinary...

 

Wouldn't the fan speed and blowing air temperature from the a/c be dependent on the interior temperature? Seems that regardless of exterior temperature that if the cabin is remotely close to the setting for the a/c or heat it would blow more or less. Meaning that if it was 86 outside though your car was in the shade/covered and your cabin temp was 68 with the control set at 64, I wouldn't expect much from it, by dropping the a/c temp 4 more degrees it blew harder and colder as stated by the test from the tech.

 

Get a pencil thermometer, and put it in the center vent. The temp should go down to 40 degrees when the a/c is set to low. If it does that you should be ok.

 

This actually is a very good point.
With the 4 degree differences will trigger the A/C to work but it will be a lot harder because of the effect of outside environment temperature, hence we felt the cold air came out.
Will find out what the dealer says this coming weekend.
Thanks.

 

Good idea but why center vent?? because they have larger tube and they get the cold air first before the air get distributed to the side vents??

 

Center vent is likely closer to the entrance from the firewall. Either side would have a ~2 foot tube to the vent.

 

Update: Drop it at the dealer today and they couldn't find anything wrong.. no leak, nothing unusual .. I'm not sure what to do next besides monitoring the condition. I'll try the thermometer next..

 

I am in FL and can comment very well.

If I leave my TL in the sun all day and get in, the A/C starts blowing out cool air within 30 seconds of starting. Then from 30 seconds to 2-3 minutes the air cools significantly. I've noticed that if I start driving right away, the air takes even less time to come up to full cooling.

Have an independent shop hook up the gauges to the A/C system and check the pressure. Even though there is no indicated leak, to high or too low of refrigerant can cause issues.

 

So if the car is driven right away, that will trigger the A/C faster?? I'm sure my car doesn't do that.. maybe the car is low on refrigerant but again it's a 2012 which is only 3 years old.
Anyway, thanks for the idea about independent shop . Pepboy is currently offering free AC service packages. I'll call them tomorrow and see if they can find anything.

 

I live in Tucson, az and we've been getting about 108° weather and when my car has been sitting in the hot sun all day it takes a good while(10-15 minutes) to blow cold but I've noticed that when I jump on the freeway it gets colder faster. I've had 2 people take a pencil thermometer to it and at odds coldest is only blowing about 60-65° and this is after Freon being recharged.

I have an 07 TL

 

I believe honda spec is somewhere around 58-65F for the temp coming out of the vents.

 

That's well that's pretty upsetting that it won't get cooler than that. Would you say ok I'm better off not taking it to a mechanic to check it?

 

Most home air conitioners are only designed to cool the incoming air by 20F as far as I know. So the air coming out of your vents in your home should be 20F cooler than what the A/C is sucking in. I have no clue if the same principle applies to cars however that spec is what I believe is stated in the service manual.