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Old 08-20-2016, 08:37 PM
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Weird A/C Delay

Hey guys. I'm experiencing a strange delay with my C55's air conditioning. When its hot outside the A/C takes about 5-10 minutes to kick on, then it works fine. Had the system vacuumed and they did not find any issues with levels of refrigerant. The car was scanned and showed a couple errors for the air blower or blower control module. I have full control over the speeds and temperature and ran the diagnostic on the climate control with no errors shown.

Not sure what is going on. Anyone run into a blower error that has caused issues with the A/C being delayed, particularly on cold start and hot day?
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You either have a bad AC control module or you have a failing blower resister that is mounted on the fan!!
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You either have a bad AC control module or you have a failing blower resister that is mounted on the fan!!
So are you talking about the engine fan control module? Or the internal climate blower resistor?

Just looking for some clarification.

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Not a problem,however you seem confused. The AC blower is separate from the Aux engine\AC fan\control and I and we are assuming you are talking about the AC blower---correct. If not you have described your problem incorrectly.

To recap: The AC control unit sends a varying voltage message to the blower controller(blower mounted) based upon the AC control settings(auto\manual)---that's the system very simple!!

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The car was scanned and showed a couple errors for the air blower or blower control module.
I think you answered your own question.
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Originally Posted by Plutoe
Not a problem,however you seem confused. The AC blower is separate from the Aux engine\AC fan\control and I and we are assuming you are talking about the AC blower---correct. If not you have described your problem incorrectly.

To recap: The AC control unit sends a varying voltage message to the blower controller(blower mounted) based upon the AC control settings(auto\manual)---that's the system very simple!!
OK great I'm glad this was clarified. So when I try to look up these parts I only find the blower motor for the climate control and the blower resistor for the climate control, and of course the actual climate control that I manipulate on the center stack. I guess the question should be how do I test to see which item is giving me trouble?

I would have thought if the resistor was bad I would not have control over the fan speed, and if the fan was bad I would not have air movement. So it would leave me to believe the control unit that I manipulate was acting up if the system was so simple.
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OK so I replaced the blower motor and blower resistor with no help unfortunately. Should I try replacing the climate control itself? I see a lot of different part numbers for those units and have heard that they don't necessarily interchange? Vin if anyone could help: WDBRF76J95F619942

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