AC compressor pulley broke off $$$ damage
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07 GL450, 91 NSX, 12 Prius
AC compressor pulley broke off $$$ damage
Just a warning. My 2007 GL450 w 80k miles suffered a broken AC compressor pulley. Pulley sheared off at the bearings. took out the idler pulley and tensioner. I found AC pulley and belt sitting on the bottom of the engine bay pan. The idler pulley was all screwed up. lucky it was on local street 1 mile away. My wife was driving and belt came off and caused loss of power steering. She used all her strength to get the car pulled over in a safe spot.
Result. $1400 in damaged at my independent service. Parts needed. New Denso AC compressor & new belt, idler pulley, belt tensioner. and labor was about $550 with new AC evac/recharge.
The warning sign was AC stopped working with very strange noise. My indy. said they have never seen this damage before. I was asking to test the feasibility of changing the AC pulley only but my indy say they have to take out the compressor anyways. The labor is the same but there could be damage to compressor internals. So I figure not worth the $500 in AC compressor saving the have this happen again in the near future.
Arg..
Result. $1400 in damaged at my independent service. Parts needed. New Denso AC compressor & new belt, idler pulley, belt tensioner. and labor was about $550 with new AC evac/recharge.
The warning sign was AC stopped working with very strange noise. My indy. said they have never seen this damage before. I was asking to test the feasibility of changing the AC pulley only but my indy say they have to take out the compressor anyways. The labor is the same but there could be damage to compressor internals. So I figure not worth the $500 in AC compressor saving the have this happen again in the near future.
Arg..
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From: Staten Island,NY
2009 GL550 ; 2005 Lexus LS430
Just a warning. My 2007 GL450 w 80k miles suffered a broken AC compressor pulley. Pulley sheared off at the bearings. took out the idler pulley and tensioner. I found AC pulley and belt sitting on the bottom of the engine bay pan. The idler pulley was all screwed up. lucky it was on local street 1 mile away. My wife was driving and belt came off and caused loss of power steering. She used all her strength to get the car pulled over in a safe spot.
Result. $1400 in damaged at my independent service. Parts needed. New Denso AC compressor & new belt, idler pulley, belt tensioner. and labor was about $550 with new AC evac/recharge.
The warning sign was AC stopped working with very strange noise. My indy. said they have never seen this damage before. I was asking to test the feasibility of changing the AC pulley only but my indy say they have to take out the compressor anyways. The labor is the same but there could be damage to compressor internals. So I figure not worth the $500 in AC compressor saving the have this happen again in the near future.
Arg..
Result. $1400 in damaged at my independent service. Parts needed. New Denso AC compressor & new belt, idler pulley, belt tensioner. and labor was about $550 with new AC evac/recharge.
The warning sign was AC stopped working with very strange noise. My indy. said they have never seen this damage before. I was asking to test the feasibility of changing the AC pulley only but my indy say they have to take out the compressor anyways. The labor is the same but there could be damage to compressor internals. So I figure not worth the $500 in AC compressor saving the have this happen again in the near future.
Arg..
