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Old Jun 16, 2016 | 11:28 AM
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Intermittent A/C Issue - Please Help

Over the past year my A/C has been hit or miss..sometimes I can feel the cold air coming fine..and sometimes it will become just the fan...

Acura did a evacuation dye and recharge and found no leak...but I still notice the issue...

Odd is when I am accelerating..its as if the fan kicks in...when I am driving extremely slow or brake or come to a stop... the cold A/C kicks in intermittently..and sometimes goes back to fan air only...

Any ideas where I should look at next ? Apparently Acura checked the fuse as well

I'm lost
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Old Jun 22, 2016 | 08:21 PM
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Originally Posted by wmahmud
Over the past year my A/C has been hit or miss..sometimes I can feel the cold air coming fine..and sometimes it will become just the fan...

Acura did a evacuation dye and recharge and found no leak...but I still notice the issue...

Odd is when I am accelerating..its as if the fan kicks in...when I am driving extremely slow or brake or come to a stop... the cold A/C kicks in intermittently..and sometimes goes back to fan air only...

Any ideas where I should look at next ? Apparently Acura checked the fuse as well

I'm lost
Sounds like you have some sort of restriction in your ac system. AC gauges showed show this.
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Old Jun 29, 2016 | 10:31 PM
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Did you figure out what's wrong?
It seems like my 2012 TL starts to have a similar problem too..
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Old Jun 30, 2016 | 09:05 PM
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AC compressor
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Old Jul 2, 2016 | 09:07 AM
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Someone else had a pressure switch problem.
Link: https://acurazine.com/forums/4g-tl-problems-fixes-297/air-conditioning-experts-please-step-946806/
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Old Jul 6, 2016 | 09:30 AM
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How about your internal temp sensors? Mine just came back with cleaned sensors and all is good.
couldn't believe it....but we're ice cold and its 90 degrees outside
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Old Jul 6, 2016 | 08:58 PM
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Also, something to check .... My ex's Honda Odyssey (similar design) had some front end repair work done and the A/C didn't work right after. Finally I saw they forgot to plug in the temp sensor behind the front bumper. Plugged it in and everything worked just fine.
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Old Jul 6, 2016 | 11:52 PM
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Originally Posted by wmahmud
Over the past year my A/C has been hit or miss..sometimes I can feel the cold air coming fine..and sometimes it will become just the fan...

Acura did a evacuation dye and recharge and found no leak...but I still notice the issue...

Odd is when I am accelerating..its as if the fan kicks in...when I am driving extremely slow or brake or come to a stop... the cold A/C kicks in intermittently..and sometimes goes back to fan air only...

Any ideas where I should look at next ? Apparently Acura checked the fuse as well

I'm lost
Could be a failing A/C relay, or it could be an issue with the pressure valve inside the A/C that allows cold low pressure refrigerant into the system and keeps the hot, high pressure stuff out.
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