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Ok so my moms honda accord is acting up a bit. Whenever i turn the AC on i get nothing the compressor does not turn on. However when I let the car warm up with the AC button in the car turned on, the two fans on the radiator come on and the AC compressor also turns on i can tell because you hear the click and i can see the AC clutch start spinning, but then probably 15-20 seconds later the fans turn off and so does the compressor.
There are some exposed wires in the drivers side wheel well (the plastic guard for the wheel well that would normally shield these wires from the elements is gone for some reason) their were a few wires that had been stripped a bit and the copper was exposed so the wires could have been touching at some point i have since taped them all up.
I checked every single fuse and found that the condenser fan fuse was blown I replaced the fuse a few days ago and it still has not blown again.
The AC was working just fine about a week ago. It seemed to just stop working out of the blue. Im thinking it might be the ac clutch relay that is mounted to the radiator just above the ac compressor (or at least i think that’s the ac clutch relay). I have tried looking at wiring diagrams but i cant make sense of them for the life of me. Ill post some pictures if anybody wants any and let me know if you need more info. Thanks.
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AC work is often beyond the DIY and I recommend you take it in for diagnosis. However, if you want to know more about solving these issues these articles might be helpful.
http://www.ericthecarguy.com/faq/solving-automotive-electrical-problems
http://www.ericthecarguy.com/faq/solving-automotive-hvac-problems
Good luck and keep us posted.
Wow I didn’t think you would reply thanks, love your channels.
Anyways I don’t know if this helps but, I disconnected the connector that gives the compressor power, its like right next to the compressor. Then ran a wire from the battery straight into the compressor and it fired right up ac worked too.
If anything jumps out at you let me know, otherwise no need to reply im sure your busy.
There are usually a couple of relays that are electrically the same, such as cooling fan, horn, etc. Swap the A/C relay with one from another circuit. If the A/C works then you know the relay is bad.
Tried that already lol. Their is two relays that look exactly the same mounted on the radiator right above the compressor one is for condenser fan I believe, the other is the ac clutch relay, I swapped them still didn’t work. In case they were both fried I even tried the ac clutch relay from my prelude (also looked exactly the same) I know that one is good but still no luck. I checked all the harness’s i could find that i thought the ac went through for burn marks etc in case there was a short somewhere but it all looks good and other things that seemed to be in the same harness like the headlights worked fine in fact everything electrical works im stumped.
I’LL try to get it to a shop soon but im a broke 19 year old and my mom just got laid off and i doubt having someone go though the cars electrical system is going to be cheap if it even is electrical.
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