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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 03:00 PM
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when im just cruising everything "most of the time" works regular, but when i hit it and start ridin out, my a/c well turn on... not the compressor though, so its not cold air its just regular air.. this is while the a/c controls are all turned off too.. anyone kno what would make it do that..?? please dont respond with "take out the fuse or unplug compressor".. i'm not ghetto an im not gonna treat my car ghetto... if anyone actually knows what maybe i could check for shorts in power or what i may need to replace or check i'd appreciate it... thanks...
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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 03:05 PM
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Your a/c cannot operate without the compressor.

Do you mean the fan turns on? Do you mean the light turns on?
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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 03:10 PM
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well what i meant was, in the off position... air well just start coming out at what i'd guess to be like if the switch was on knotch 2 or 3... so it has some flow to it, but its not cold unless i click "A/C" button on and put the switch onto a speed level... I can hear the fan turn on, and if i click it off i can feel it turn off, "rides smoother, no lag of course".. But i just dont get why out of nowhere with the air turned off, it well just start blowing out like as if i had it on...
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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 03:12 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM_SOHC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">well what i meant was, in the off position... air well just start coming out at what i'd guess to be like if the switch was on knotch 2 or 3... so it has some flow to it, but its not cold unless i click "A/C" button on and put the switch onto a speed level... I can hear the fan turn on, and if i click it off i can feel it turn off, "rides smoother, no lag of course".. But i just dont get why out of nowhere with the air turned off, it well just start blowing out like as if i had it on...</TD></TR></TABLE>

The air that is coming through is air that is being forced into the car through the cowel. This is perfectly normal. Go put your car on recirculate and do the same thing you did before, see if any air comes through.
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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 03:16 PM
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im in my car right now on my laptop "i &lt;3 wireless internet"... it's on recirculate and wether its on the on or off position... it still blows out air.. like no matter what its on, air on air off, hot cold, a/c, 1,2,3,4..... the air always stays on... i cant get it to shut off... but if its on a selected power level "1,2,3,4" and the "a/c" button is on then its cold air, but once i turned it to "0" power level, the cold air goes away and it just keeps blowing warm air... im sorry its hard to type what the hell its doing.. but i just cant get it to shut it off when its supposed to be off...
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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 03:19 PM
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Does it blow air when it is off and you are stopped?
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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 03:21 PM
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yeah, it blows air constantly... neutral, drive, reverse, power on power off... lol.. this ***** wacked out haha... i wanna just take out a/c but i live in so fla and that **** aint happenin.. but nobody that i've talked to knows what the fawks happenin with it.. all i hear is "take it out.. take off the fuse.. unplug compressor" but im sorta leaning more towards fixing it than ignoring it...
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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 03:26 PM
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If the a/c is not running and only the blower is then removing the a/c will do nothing for you. My guess is that the off posistion of the switch is shorted to position one.
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Old Aug 11, 2005 | 03:27 PM
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how could i fix that..??
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 02:44 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by JDM_SOHC &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">how could i fix that..??</TD></TR></TABLE>

Replace the switch.
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Old Aug 12, 2005 | 05:13 PM
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wow you work here too?
like he said, sounds like your switch is shorted, do u know how to use a multi meter?
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 07:24 AM
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No, but with all the input i've gotten in here, it doesn't sound to complicated...
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 07:33 AM
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even with the key out of the ignition its blowing?

If so then your problem is not the fan switch.

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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 08:03 AM
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naaa its only when key is in ON position, or vehicle is running, key out of ignition it dont do ****...
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Old Aug 15, 2005 | 09:04 AM
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oh okay, then most likely it is the switch.

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