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re: Vehicle AC Quit

Posted on 7/19/26 at 10:09 am to
Posted by Zendog
Santa Barbara
Member since Feb 2019
6999 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 10:09 am to
It's going to cost $2000 to replace a $75 part
Posted by Roaad
White Privilege Broker
Member since Aug 2006
85151 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 10:12 am to
900-2k to a mechanic to replace the compressor in most vehicles

Much less to do it yourself

if you aren't 100% sure you can do it yourself, pay the mechanic or you will end up costing yourself waaaay more
Posted by Zendog
Santa Barbara
Member since Feb 2019
6999 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 10:18 am to
If it's in the evaporator core the dashboard has to probably come out
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
75755 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 10:22 am to
quote:

We were road tripping from BR to Colorado a few weeks ago. Just about ready to stop in Dallas after the first day (keeping below 8 hour days for the kiddos), and the AC went out. Turned out to be a hole knocked in the road shrapnel had taken out our condenser coil. $1500 rush labor to get back on the road the next day.
August 1970

The old man buys a new ‘70 Plymouth Fury Sport Wagon a week before we are to leave (as a family, two adults & four kids aged 18-9) on a several weeks-long Griswold vacation to the Grand Canyon & Yellowstone.

First stop was Houston. Not because we wanted to, the A/C went out. The old man was pissed at losing time but we got a loaner and spent the day at the San Jacinto Monument & aboard the USS Texas.

Nice memory, thanks for reminding me of it.



Posted by LSUtoBOOT
Member since Aug 2012
20868 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 10:31 am to
quote:

I had to go inside to get vape and a swisher sweet and a scratch-off.

Probably won’t be wearing your favorite hat for a while.

Posted by Shamoan
Member since Feb 2019
14061 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 11:03 am to
Sorry for your loss
Posted by VolsOut4Harambe
Baw Land
Member since Sep 2017
14781 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 11:10 am to
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2015 2.4L Cherokee


Might as well total it out.
Posted by weadjust
Member since Aug 2012
15793 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 11:58 am to
quote:

I had to go inside to get vape and a swisher sweet and a scratch-off


Check all the AC electrical connections. Most likely the vibrations from your subwoofers caused something to come loose.
Posted by BengalShark
Member since Jul 2017
4454 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 12:48 pm to
quote:

Vehicle AC Quit


So did I but I didn’t run to tigerdroppings to post about it.

Oh wait…
Posted by Fanatics
Member since Nov 2025
469 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 3:06 pm to
That or the blinker fluid is leaking
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
73444 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 3:08 pm to
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Might as well total it out.


Nah. I have a Jeep one year newer than the OPs and had the a/c replaced two years ago. Something to be said for not jumping into a new car note when the current one does everything else well enough.
This post was edited on 7/19/26 at 3:09 pm
Posted by Jmcc64
alabama
Member since Apr 2021
2349 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 5:15 pm to
A few yrs ago the AC went out in my 2010 Mazda 3. Somehow, with the help of YouTube, I was able to determine that it was the fill valve on the high side had leaked out all the refrigerant ( or maybe low. Too long ago)
Getting the old valve out was a bear but borrowed the vacuum and valves from Autozone and filled it back up.
Posted by andwesway
Zachary, LA
Member since Jun 2016
3643 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 6:09 pm to
It'll probably be around a grand.
Posted by farad
Member since Dec 2013
12648 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 6:50 pm to
it could be just about anything....condenser leaking, clutch, compressor, blah blah blah...
if you have the tools and can do it great...if not...

Posted by VooDude
Member since Aug 2017
3404 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 7:23 pm to
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What am I looking at to fix this on a 2015 2.4L Cherokee?
What did you expect from an American car?

This isn’t welfare, stop giving them money because their build quality and unions sure as don’t respect you right now.
Posted by deeprig9
Unincorporated Ozora
Member since Sep 2012
75929 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 7:25 pm to
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What did you expect from an American car?

This isn’t welfare, stop giving them money because their build quality and unions sure as don’t respect you right now.


In 2015 I was the sole income earner with a pregnant wife in med school and my existing vehicle was totaled by a real estate agent Karen on I-85 and $25k was all I could afford to replace it.

Why are you such an a-hole?

ETA- thinking back on it, I think her name was literally Karen. In a BMW.
This post was edited on 7/20/26 at 1:13 pm
Posted by LSUDad
Still on the move
Member since May 2004
62797 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 10:44 pm to
Location?
Posted by MRTigerFan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2008
7284 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 10:46 pm to
quote:

You’d be better off sticking that vape up your arse

How do you know he wasn't doing that anyway? Don't most vapers stick things up their butts?
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
85252 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 10:57 pm to
Time to get a certified preowned Altima
Posted by AC1221
Member since May 2025
241 posts
Posted on 7/19/26 at 11:22 pm to
Check your compressor and see if the ac clutch is engaging (check out a youtube video for reference.)

It can be a pain to change out the compressor, if thats what it is), but it's not horrible.

Youtube should be a big help.


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