Why is my A/C working intermittently ?

Asked by Nissan70 May 02, 2022 at 06:21 PM about the 2010 Nissan Maxima SV

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

blows cold 80 % of the time but sometimes when I accelerate it stops blowing
cold. After i slow down or stop it picks back up to cold.

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Ed92626 answered about a year ago

What you describe is normal operation for a modern AC. Long ago, when we had oil to spare and nobody even knew what climate change was, an AC would run constantly. Today the computer shuts it off when the TPS reaches 80%. If you want constant AC, just stop flooring the accelerator.

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