A/C Not Blowing cold.

Spurshot · July 6, 2017

Dropping my truck off tonight to the dealer but I got to looking last night and noticed a couple things that were odd, to me at least.

1. remote start wont work. Is this a safety measure when the AC is out?

2. neither fan will come on when the compressor is running. I know bad idea to turn it on, I was just looking for a second. There also is not a 15 amp fuse there they say "cool fan" or something like that should be.

3. While ac is running (not cooling) I now have a high pitched whining noise coming from the vents.

Also, Im sure this is all coincidence but my battery went dead on me on fathers day.

The remote start won't work when diagnostic codes are thrown.

It won't hurt to run your ac with the system leaked out because the compressor clutch won't engage anyway.

EPIC CAJUN · July 6, 2017

The remote start won't work when diagnostic codes are thrown.

It won't hurt to run your ac with the system leaked out because the compressor clutch won't engage anyway.

Hummm. Im starting to think I have something else going on here. The clutch does engage when the AC button is pushed. And last night I went to return my battery for a core refund to Autozone (I was in a bind and needed a battery to get home) and asked them to hook up their code reader He stated they can not if check engine light was not on. I figured a code had to be thrown if the fans wont kick on. Yes I checked all the fuses and they all seemed good.

Wickedwitchofthewest · July 6, 2017

Hey all..

I have contacted an attorney, still waiting on that. However, AG from Oregon has sent a complaint to GM and I contacted the federal DOJ for antitrust law violations. Everyone contact your state AG, and antitrust people here [email protected] GM raised prices on those parts and have a monopoly on them which is possibly a violation of antitrust laws. I'm 8 weeks waiting and I paid $347 for it already. 90's and humid in Oregon, but GM told me they are getting condensers to the "hotter" states first.

jflan23 · July 19, 2017

Has anyone tried a universal condenser? I was contemplating going that route. Getting a condenser and a separate trans cooler. There has to be a way with aftermarket parts to make a bulletproof fix without wasting time going the oem route since clearly GM has decided trucks don't matter anymore.

Wickedwitchofthewest · July 19, 2017

We ordered an aftermarket condenser off Amazon in desperation. $248, made by Pacific Best and it is most awesome. Cold instantly. The seller on Amazon was"cooler ng direct" had the part in about 4 days. The stock fluctuates from 2 to 0, just keep after it.

bdbake01 · July 19, 2017

Has anyone tried a universal condenser? I was contemplating going that route. Getting a condenser and a separate trans cooler. There has to be a way with aftermarket parts to make a bulletproof fix without wasting time going the oem route since clearly GM has decided trucks don't matter anymore.

Not that I'm aware. As for the trans cooler, you could very easily just cut off the cooler you have now and keep it as is. You would need to fabricate a little something to hold it as it's not separately mounted, the condenser has the mounting tabs. But the trans lines are hard so my bet is that it would hang there just fine on its own. May rattle a little.

As for a universal condenser, I considered that myself. With a little research on size and come custom tubing for connections, you could probably pull it off without too much effort. But after seeing the improvements made by the aftermarket on the oe design, I'm feeling pretty good about these condensers. They appear to have the trouble spots eliminated.

EPIC CAJUN · July 19, 2017

I lucked up, for now (knocks on wood), and only needed one of the lines running to the condenser. Had it changed out last week under warranty. Hopefully this thing keep blowing cold till summer is over and then I can look into changing out the condenser on my own time.

Back in a Bowtie · August 23, 2017

anyone else have any luck getting this covered outside of their bumper to bumper. I have a 14 with about 55k on it and the AC just went out. just trying to prepare myself for a fight.

GM Terrible · August 28, 2017

Well I just got to join the club too. 2015 GMC Sierra Denali 44k miles. its over 100 degrees here so I got to pay 1k to fix or deal with nothing to drive. This will be the last GM product I buy in my lifetime. Pure crap.