Anyone else's car's air conditioning struggling today?

[Anonymous]

2019 Subaru. Trying to figure out if it's the excessive heat or if I need a Freon recharge.

[Anonymous]

It's just your perception and the humidity.

Modern vehicles don't use Freon either. Just call it "AC coolant" or the tech name/numbers if you take it to a shop. If they hear you say "freon" they will know they got a customer who can be overcharged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's just your perception and the humidity.

Modern vehicles don't use Freon either. Just call it "AC coolant" or the tech name/numbers if you take it to a shop. If they hear you say "freon" they will know they got a customer who can be overcharged.

The honest mechanics won't.

[Anonymous]

Subaru owner here. Subaru has those big windows (which I love for visibility) but they heat up the interior quickly. I crank the fan up along with the a/c.

[Anonymous]

🙋🏻‍♀️

[Anonymous]

I thought mine was struggling and making a hissing sound but you can't expect it to feel the same as when it's not as hot outside, so I decided not to worry about it. I have a Toyota. You will be able to tell when it's actually not working which has happened to me in other cars.

[Anonymous]

If the air isn't cool, you need a recharge and/or you may have a leak. I have a 2019 Forester and need to get it recharged twice a year. There is a small leak somewhere but my very honest mechanic said it would cost much more to locate the leak (he tried but says it would need to go to a radiator shop) so just have it recharged.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the air isn't cool, you need a recharge and/or you may have a leak. I have a 2019 Forester and need to get it recharged twice a year. There is a small leak somewhere but my very honest mechanic said it would cost much more to locate the leak (he tried but says it would need to go to a radiator shop) so just have it recharged.

So bad

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the air isn't cool, you need a recharge and/or you may have a leak. I have a 2019 Forester and need to get it recharged twice a year. There is a small leak somewhere but my very honest mechanic said it would cost much more to locate the leak (he tried but says it would need to go to a radiator shop) so just have it recharged.

This is what I have. How much do you pay? How long does it take?

[Anonymous]

No. It was as glacial as ever. My teen can't tolerate heat, so I freeze every time I drive them around.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If the air isn't cool, you need a recharge and/or you may have a leak. I have a 2019 Forester and need to get it recharged twice a year. There is a small leak somewhere but my very honest mechanic said it would cost much more to locate the leak (he tried but says it would need to go to a radiator shop) so just have it recharged.

What a waste. I would pay more to locate the leak, just for the principle of the thing. Maybe go to a different garage. Maybe this one is too lazy and lying his head off.

[Anonymous]

Make sure the air is recirculating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If the air isn't cool, you need a recharge and/or you may have a leak. I have a 2019 Forester and need to get it recharged twice a year. There is a small leak somewhere but my very honest mechanic said it would cost much more to locate the leak (he tried but says it would need to go to a radiator shop) so just have it recharged.

What a waste. I would pay more to locate the leak, just for the principle of the thing. Maybe go to a different garage. Maybe this one is too lazy and lying his head off.

I'm the Toyota driver above and was told this same thing by my very honest mechanic on a different car once, although I think I only had to recharge it one more time a few years later before we got rid of the car for other reasons, so not every 6 months. I believe it would have been way more expensive to try to find and fix the leak than just recharge it just due to the parts that would have been needed, even if I'd have had to recharge it multiple times.

There's no way I'd give up my honest mechanic over this. He's taken care of us for about 20 years and at least 5 or 6 different vehicles. If he recommends doing or not doing something, I trust him fully.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's just your perception and the humidity.

Modern vehicles don't use Freon either. Just call it "AC coolant" or the tech name/numbers if you take it to a shop. If they hear you say "freon" they will know they got a customer who can be overcharged.

The honest mechanics won't.

I chuckled. That's funny.
Any mechanics in present company excluded of course!

[Anonymous]

2015 subaru outback
. its not just you. we ran one notch down from max ac the entire time i drove today and heat in car was still pretty high.