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I am not sure but noticed this since I started working down in the Carolinas (live in Ohio) the air conditioning works fine 95% of the time, but when accelerating like from a red light I notice it will blow warm air till I lay off the gas a bit. If allready moving like down the highway if I give it gas to pass it stays fine. Is this normal? during the 95% up time air is super cold so I dont think it's low on freon. any idea's anyone????

 
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its normal. for our cars (and possibly newer cars in general), the a/c clutch disengages under heavy acceleration to free up power from the engine, and will re-engage once the heavy engine load is gone. this is so you'll get more power back when trying to pass on the highway, etc.

 
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ya and even when cruising, the compressor cycles on and off all the time so you may notice the air getting a bit warm til it kicks back on.

 
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wow, never knew that the civic was smart like that! I always manually turned the AC off if i knew i needed more power from the engine like i did in my old 93 camry. Thanks for the tip.

 
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Same here. I understand now that the A/C kicks off during heavy load, but the delay is too long. Much better to just press the button yourself. I remember I did that with the first car I ever owned, which was a 91 Toyota Tercel. You needed to because it only had 75hp on a 1.5. But those were the days before r134a. That old stuff was like antarctica.