Auto Climate Control Repair Services

[jgue467]

Weird, I emailed him almost a week ago and have received no response.what email did you use? Maybe I fat fingered it.

Email - [email protected]

Reply - Right now, I am doing the repair for $63 which includes return shipping.
Shipping usually around $10 to $15. If you would like a different method
of return shipping just let me know.
If you want an LED upgrade, that's $10 more. Colors for the LEDs are
White, Blue, Red, Amber and Green and OE Green and ice blue. I have
examples of these colors if needed. If needed, painting the LCD enclosure
costs $15

My shipping address:


John Hadfield
24 Hill Street
Mantua, NJ 08051

So, If you don't want the LEDs it will be $63, with LEDs - $73 through
PayPal or Venmo. PayPal & Venmo ID Is [email protected] Turnaround
will be quick.
When I receive the control I should have it fixed that day or the next and
in the mail probably within 48 hrs at the most from receipt.

Any questions don't hesitate to ask. Thanks again for your trust

John

 

[jwkiss0]

Email - [email protected]

Reply - Right now, I am doing the repair for $63 which includes return shipping.
Shipping usually around $10 to $15. If you would like a different method
of return shipping just let me know.
If you want an LED upgrade, that's $10 more. Colors for the LEDs are
White, Blue, Red, Amber and Green and OE Green and ice blue. I have
examples of these colors if needed. If needed, painting the LCD enclosure
costs $15

My shipping address:


John Hadfield
24 Hill Street
Mantua, NJ 08051

So, If you don't want the LEDs it will be $63, with LEDs - $73 through
PayPal or Venmo. PayPal & Venmo ID Is [email protected] Turnaround
will be quick.
When I receive the control I should have it fixed that day or the next and
in the mail probably within 48 hrs at the most from receipt.

Any questions don't hesitate to ask. Thanks again for your trust

John

That’s the email address I used. I guess I will try again. Thank you!

 

[DK327]

What's the warranty for this service? I had mine done last year and the light's still working great but the knobs started to act up again...

 

[mtbtim]

What's the warranty for this service? I had mine done last year and the light's still working great but the knobs started to act up again...

I think you're going to have much better luck contacting John via his email. It doesn't look like he's very active on T4R these days.

 

[DK327]

I think you're going to have much better luck contacting John via his email. It doesn't look like he's very active on T4R these days.

Thanks Tim, I'll do that. It sometimes takes him a while to respond to his email as well, so I thought maybe someone on here that had the service done would know the answer.

 

[keepmy4running]

John does it again!! Haven't had control over my AC for around 5 years. Finally got fed up with it and came across this post. Contacted John via email and he got back to me within a day or two.

Turnaround was pretty quick, by the time he received it I think he had it back out in the mail to me within 48 hours or so. Can't thank him enough! Not only for getting the dang thing working again, but also loving the red LED color swap!

 

[villain]

Edited Posted - got is squared away with John. A+ communication and efficiency!

It has been an goal of mine for the time I bought my 1st 4runner 16 months ago, to find a fix for these Auto climate controls in the Limited models. I recently purchased a 99 Limited with the same problem as my 2000 - unresponsive buttons, erratic temp and fan speed controls, etc. Well, after working on my latest 4runner's controls I have successfully fixed it. I since then have repaired 3 others (2 friends and one I had sitting in a box in pieces because I couldn't fix it with the soldering setup I had. I spent a good bit of money recently on a soldering desoldering station and a DC voltage generator and this allowed me to confidently repair these control units. The problems I've found are cold solder joints, a bad switching transistor, and a couple bad buttons (probably from being mashed because of the unresponsiveness)
Anyways, I would like to fix a couple of units for you guys for free (you would have to pay shipping) as a favor and payback for all the help I've gotten from this forum. I'll do 3 freebees then going forward, I'll fix them cheaper then anyone on Ebay (I think the cheapest now is $68) I'm not looking to make a lot of money, just want to help some people out and get back a little of my investment on my soldering station (it wasn't cheap) I eventually would like to provide a backup unit for people to use, or just sell the backup and provided I get their unit back. I think DAT does it this way. I also would like to upgrade the unit to any LED color the customer would like as a lot of people are using the LEDs now. What do you guys think? I guess the best way would be to jump right in, so the 1st 3 people that PM me, I'll do for free, after that I'll figure a fair price at a cheaper rate than anyone on Ebay. In case your wondering my qualifications I graduated with honors from DeVry University with an AAS in Electronics, and have been doing quite a bit of component level repair for the last 15 years.
I hope to help a lot of guys out with this problem that has plagued these units. Any other questions or comment feel free to post or shoot me a PM.

 

[WayneM]

Hi John, ... Are you still providing services?

You can contact him directly. His full contact was included 5 posts ago, in post #161
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/3851938-post161.html

 

[Endlessblockades]

You can contact him directly. His full contact was included 5 posts ago, in post #161
https://www.toyota-4runner.org/3851938-post161.html

Yep - John doesn't kick it here waiting for orders!!!

(now watch him prove me wrong)

 

[96RedRunner]

Mine started acting up early this year got worse over the year dug into it this week.
All it took to fix was spraying the 7 function switches and 2 rotary switches on PCB with DeoxIT D5.
Works like a champ now. Not to take away from John's business, I'm sure he knows this and has experienced this being the problem in some cases if solder joints are not compromised. Was worth a try before sending to John.

 

[villain]

No worries, I was able to locate his info and get it squared away! Thanks for weighing in. Would you mind removing the quote with the email address I posted? Thank you.

Yep - John doesn't kick it here waiting for orders!!!

(now watch him prove me wrong)

 

[99RunnerSCT]

Bad climate control unit

John,
My 99 Limited climate control unit is not working correctly. Are you still fixing these units?

 

[AuSeeker]

John,
My 99 Limited climate control unit is not working correctly. Are you still fixing these units?

Your best bet is to contact him using the contact info he posted about year ago, because he doesn't visit the forum that often, he still seems to be doing the repairs!!

You can find that info here....

https://www.toyota-4runner.org/3851938-post161.html