There is a crinkling sound when I turn on the air conditioner, which goes away after several minutes...although the air is not cold at first, it cools off in ten minutes. Is the crinkling sound a problem?

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Asked by version Jun 24, 2007 at 02:23 PM about the 2003 Hyundai Elantra GLS Sedan FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

car was bought used from dealer with currently 70,000 miles otherwise seems to function fine

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I wouldn't be too worried about it. Its probably just the sound of the blower motor heating up.

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If the sound is a rattling sound, that means that there could be leaves in the blower motor. If the sound is like you open a coke bottle, that is the expansion valve for the a/c doing its job, that's normal.

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