advans

Hey guys,

its starting to get warm here on the east coast so I turned on my AC today, and finding out that it doesnt freakin work.

I blasted the air on for 45mins, on 59 degrees and the air still came out warm. before last summer ended, i had refrigerant pumped in so i dont think thats the problem.

I tried blasting the hot air for abt 5 mins at 80degrees, then jumped back down to 59 deg. not a drastic difference, just from hot to warm. not even a bit cold!

Anything I can check to see if the AC is working?

rlee02135

it's because Avdan's coupe is hott!

must be the new pullies. remove them ASAP

KIRA

after a raced up in Mountain road with a 350z, you and your girlfriend rock inside your car of coz everything would be hot, take your shirt off man not just the pants..

advans

scared me ****less when brabusx2 told me that you said it was probably my pullies!

but again, ur kidding robert hahaha. are u.....

so many problems with my car lately

mleskovar

Did it need it because it was low?

rlee02135

yea..i was kidding

JonB C240

Im having the same issue with my AC, just cut it on today and only warm air.

advans

yeah, it was quite low last summer.

I think the stealers "stole" my refrigerant, b/c last time i went in, when i got my car back, poped open the hood, the little plastic cap that twist where you check the refigerant, was off.

C230SportsCoupe

If you get an answer let me know. Mine has stopped working too, 2003 C-coupe, 75K miles, haven't used the AC since last fall.

I was going to check the fuses beforebring it in, yet it seems there's a few of us with this problem now.

advans

maybe theres a recall.

why dont we do this.

lets start a list... of how many of us have this problem. maybe if theres enough of us, im gonna go scream at mbusa.

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mleskovar

Maybe you have a gas/refrigerant leak. "Stole" your refrigerant, please say you are joking.

advans

probably a leak, "stole" in a sense meaning took out the refrigerant, I had that happen to me back at the nissan dealership.

T.O_c240

hey advans i have the same problem...no cold air when i have the a/c on. But my ac light is on its red and it never goes off so im guessin theres something wrong there?

Midnight Koop

i posed this problem to the dealership during a maintenance and told them the only way for me to make it cool was to put the dials to the extreme heat.. let it sit... then extreme cold and wait until it gets really cold.. then adjust in the middle. i told them that maybe the calibration was off. they replied that since there were no "error codes" that they see no problem that needs fixing

lunatics...

goodluck advans... mine is sporatic... but nothing worth bringing it back to the dealership for IMO

LuxuryC240

I'll probably test out my A/C tomorrow for the first time since buying the car...I bought it in jan, so havent even turned it on. Does the steppar motor issue affect the A/C in any way? Thanks.

powa

this probably is stupid, but is ur "AC off" light turns off?

KarlBenz

Anyone who has the red light on that won't shut off has a stored code in their system and most likely a refrigerant leak. For the 203 chassis that usually is the dryer under the condensor for early models and the high side fitting that is part of the dryer on later models occassionally ther is a leak at the compressor front seal but that is rare. Charging system up with freon and dye then checking for leaks with a ultraviolet lamp is the only true way to fin the leaks...........and in response to the stepper motor issue the noise and distribution of air is the only fault created by the left arm that breaks MB has introduced a beefier unit for replaement that has yet to fail

advans

omg...ur right....

my red light constantly stays on. doesnt allow me to turn the ac "on" i guess. im guessing that is the issue as welll. so there IS probably a stored code im guessing.

C230SportsCoupe

My red light is not on.

I tried this morning and got some cold air by leaving it on all the way to work. Not sure it it wasn't jst blowing cold air from outside, going to try again when its + 19C this afternoon.

LuxuryC240

Thanks Karl. Yeah, the noise hasnt bothered me too much, I ignore it. I was still able to get heat in the footwells during the winter if I really wanted, just had to go back and forth with the fan to make it blow hard enough towards the bottom, lol..so I'm sure its not gonna be an issue for me this summer....as long as my ac powers up today cuz its like 80!!!

advans

my AC doesnt power up, but the heat is amazingly crazy at the winter days. I usually leave it on 68deg to 72/73 deg depending on the day.

dammit, when I drove my friend home today, he was making fun of me. there was a hottie driving a corolla VE and had her windows rolled up, so my friend was gonna get her attention, and I said to him "she probably cant hear u her windows are up", and my friend kicks me in the ***** with this, "oh right, a corolla has air conditioning but a benz doesnt!"

shanetoast

Get it re-charged. I had to do that. Works fine now.

advans

I just had it recharged the end of last summer, sept 06, it was fine until i bought it in to the dealer because the climatronic button was jammed, they replaced it with a brand new unit, ever since then the AC OFF light stayed on constant.

c230K415

oh man!

LuxuryC240

LOL I was trying to comprehend the manual today...they write it in such a confusing way. I just turned the vents to 64 and full blast, and it was pretty cold. Is that the ac? Do I even touch the AC button?? From what I read in the manual and what advans has said, the red light is no good. Is that right? Can someone try to clear me up?