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Originally Posted by PWD4
Had compressor go out on my V8 last year. Cost me about $2,000. I thought it was starting to make more noise than usual. Then one day the evapoator froze up. That was the end. They have a magnetic clutch. When that goes your done.
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Thread's about 9 days old now, but I was just going through the 4th gen section posts...
$2,000!!!!!!!! Good lord! Seems a bit pricey. Did you look into an aftermarket compressor, or a OEM compressor and having an independant A/C shop install?
With the cooler weather here, mine seems to cycle on/off about every 30 seconds or so, which makes me nervous for the clutch, so I try to use it very sparingly - which brings me to a complaint: I hate the fact that the a/c seems to be on with the defrost no matter what. If I have it on defrost/floor with the a/c light OFF, the compressor still runs as if the a/c light was on. My wife's G6 is this way as well and I hate it. I understand it's a safety thing because most people either don't know to turn on the a/c with the defrost to eliminate fog, but I hate it because I like the def/floor setting for the wintertime as my usual setting, but I don't want to run the compressor all the time.
I also hate that when you hit the "auto" button to use the auto climate control, the a/c always needs to come on with it...
Sorry - just my complaint for the day. Does anyone think that when it's below 70 degrees outside, that the compressor cycling every 30 seconds or so is "too often"? (Just looking to hear that it's normal is all I guess).