A/C Only Blows Cold When i Drive 40mph

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LeonSKennedy

Discussion Starter · 12 mo ago

I live in hot Arizona and it gets up to 117-120 degrees here in the summer. Brake Masters recharged my A/C two years ago when i got the car and it only blows cold when im driving 40mph or more. Although i didn't notice a big difference when they did it and they said it was a lil low at the time so they filled it. Any idea what's going on? Im gonna test to see if it improves when i rev to 2000rpm 1-min after i start the car. The fans for the radiator spin normally but i double check to make sure. My car is the nearly black deep sea blue color.

2016 Scion iA Manual Premium ~85,000 miles, 2nd-owner, clean CarFax. I drive for DoorDash in Arizona. Driver's door window regulator/wiring replaced, was like $450 with the Toyota dealership but that was after I reset my car computer (never do that on a car newer than 2010!) but what was worse is I lost the previous owner's Platinum package with the dealer when I did that. Because my car's memory was still linked to the previous owner! I later realized it had the wrong size battery in there, (used car dealers do that a lot) so i replaced that for $100. Losing only key fob costed $1000 to be replaced and with a spare. Transmission just got replaced with a used one and a new clutch for $2700, and drives great since. Should've got a Honda Fit instead because the Fit has a transmission dipstick, ez to find parts for, has key start, and ice-cold A/C unlike this car.

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Suaz24

· #2 · 11 mo ago

I had to recharge mine this year, I went to Walmart and picked up one of the AC recharge kits for around $16 that has the gauge built-in. This made a world of difference and now my AC is cold.

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emadbadal

· #3 · 5 mo ago

Check your condenser, it should be clean and nothing blocks the air flow through it.
I had recharged mine with some refrigerant due to hot wether and full of dust condenser, the safety valve of the compressor releases the refrigerant to reduce the pressure.

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