I have a 2000 Jeep Cherokee and the clutch on the compressor wont engage. I tried to manually force it to engage and it worked for a little while blowing cold air but it eventually stopped. It wont engage at all now. ANyone know why it might not be working?
2006-08-03 05:44:41 · 4 answers · asked by ufdan25 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Maintenance & Repairs
It is most likely low on freon. The low pressure switch will keep it from engaging when it is low on freon. Take it to a shop and they should put some fluorescent tracer dye in the system and check for a leak. Sometimes it takes a while for the leak to show up so you might have to take the vehicle back in a week or so to have it rechecked with using an ultra-violet light to see where the dye shows up so that it can be repaired.
2006-08-03 06:16:26 · answer #1 · answered by Iknowthisone 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
all auto a/c's have a low pressure switch to prevent the compressor from running when the freon gets low.
2006-08-03 05:49:44 · answer #2 · answered by applpro 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the coil may be out of just may not be getting power to the clutch
if its low on freon it wont come on(pressure switch)
2006-08-03 05:47:32 · answer #3 · answered by topwrnch 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
check the freon with gages, if you jumped the low freon switch and it worked then you are low or there is a problem with the wires going to it
2006-08-03 05:52:04 · answer #4 · answered by native 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋