ok3w

2004 Accord EX V6. Intermittently after starting the car, when you put the A/C on, the compressor does not come on, only hot air. If you shut it off and restart the car and put the A/C on again, the compressor now starts and works ok. About every other day this happens. The dealer said they replaced the coil. It worked for 1 day and then the same thing happened. Any thoughts on what the problem could be? Thank you.

someone else

I would go to the dealer and buy a replacement for the a/c compressor relay in the under hood fuse panel. They are under $20 IIRC and we commonly see problems with them sticking in the open or closed position.

Next time it's not working open the fuse panel and give the relay a couple of taps. If the a/c cycles on you know you have a bad relay.

ok3w

I changed the relay this morning & the problem still exists. I just brought it back to the dealer for the 3rd time. The said the forman will look at. Thats a good idea to tap on the relays, I wish I would have done that this morning when it went bad again. Thank you.

dramsey@vtaig.com

are you sure the compressor is not coming on, or is it just blowing hot air.

someone else

We have had 2 cars we replaced the coil on that failed again due to a bad coil from the factory so I hope the dealer isn't ruling that out.

phootbag

Sounds like they dart-board diag'ed your car.

TurbodTegSfaria

dart board diag i agree.. they usual do all have the same problems with honda and acura.. but i def would have them check thoroughly.. pressure in system and all that