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Old 07-14-2006, 02:04 PM
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I hoped in the bonnie to take her down to the tranny shop for her inspection. Well, going down the road, the CC is working really hard to try to cool down the car. I look over and it'* on "ECON" aka, vent. So, I push the "AUTO" button for the AC to engage. I press the button and nothing happens, it'* still in "ECON" mode. So, after pressing it 1/2 a dozen times I turn the CC off. Go to turn it back on with the "AUTO" button, it comes back on, but still as "ECON".

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Remind me..what'* the difference between Econ and Auto?
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Remind me..what'* the difference between Econ and Auto?
"ECON" is like a vent mode. the A/C is not engaged.
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Ok, guessing a bit here, possibly the AC freon level is low. Therefore it will not engage the compressor. Defaulting to Econ.

Please try pulling codes. I think you are able to do so on your year.
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Ok, guessing a bit here, possibly the AC freon level is low. Therefore it will not engage the compressor. Defaulting to Econ.

Please try pulling codes. I think you are able to do so on your year.
I'll go do that right now
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HOLLER!!!

"HISTORY CODE 66
AC COMPRESSOR SENSOR SIGNAL
VOLTAGE IS TOO LOW"

:? Then the damn temp. number started flashing :?

Came inside the house to grab a peice of paper and pen to write with, come back out, "AUTO" is engaging but there isn't cold air coming out of the vents :?

I checked my volts, running between 12.8-13.2

My car need a frion boost?
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I'm not 100% what that means.. I am more used to the new fangled codes. Got an FSM handy?
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Maybe they smashed a wire or dinged a connector on the compressor while fussin' over your tranny?
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Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy I like that thought process Bob...maybe they didn't reconnect it!


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