What's up with the blinking A/C light??

[Lunchbox]

Yes I did a search but got a big goose egg for results. So all of a sudden I'm driving down the road and notice the A/C button light thingy is blinking (and blowing hot air). I turn the A/C off and back on then after about 5 to 10 seconds of "normal" operation it starts blinking again and shuts off taking the air recirc button with it. So I'm thinking this is great, I'm 600 miles out of warranty and now I'm gonna start having A/C problems. Anyway, I try the "on/off" thing again with the same results so I figure it's time to visit the dealer. Anybody got any idea what this could be?

 

[mole177]

you might have a leak ?

sounds like low pressure.

 

[Uneek]

Do a search for A/C magnetic cluth relay. Try it here and over on Yotatech. There's also a TSB out on it. If you have the relay in question and you're out of warranty, you can replace it yourself for about $60 and it should fix the problem.

 

[greasefingers]

Here is the link you need to read: http://www.toyota-4runner.org/showthread.php?threadid=18321&highlight=A/C+light+Blinking

Mine did the same thing. I bought the new updated relay from Partznet for $ 45.83