A few days ago my A/C stopped working - shut off completely, then on by itself and kept going on and off on its own and when it was blowing the air was not cold.
Took it to the shop and was told I needed a new blower resistor. They also said they would have to evacuate and recharge the freon with 2lbs of freon as well a replace the cabin air filter. I paid just under $400 for all of this work :frown:!
I do not have any knowledge when it comes to this :huh: but I felt like I was given the run-around when I asked the guy to explain to me why the freon had to be evacuated and recharged when the blower resistor is replaced. He tried to explain and said something about the freon settling at the bottom and then mixing with new freon and contaminating it, blah, blah....
I'm trying to figure out if in fact they needed to evacuate and recharge the freon at all when replacing the blower resistor - does anyone know if this is the protocal or if I was just ripped off??
Seeing as how I had no idea that there even was a cabin air filter, I am not questioning whether or not that needed replacing.
I hope someone has some good advice for me...