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Old May 27, 2010
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A/C not working - please advise

Hi All civic DIY gurus......
I am having a hard time fixing my Civic 2004 sedan A/C and I am looking for someone’s help and advice.
The problem is! I did turn my A/C on and figured out that there is no difference in air temperature; it is not getting any colder. Did open my hood and found that the condenser fan not spinning. OK, did check if there are any fuses blown (did check all of them) and found fuse #1 in under hood box blown....I did put a new fuse but this fan is still not working. Fine!!! So, the blower works as I am getting air through blow holes when A/C is ON, compressor not spinning, condenser fan not spinning. I was thinking maybe it is some electrical problem!!! So, I did check A/C wire harness and found out a small difference between my harness configuration and whatever is in Honda Documentation. Basically, the A/C wire harness should have a ground connection in the place when it goes around condenser fan (just above it)....but somehow my harness doesn’t have this connection at all. I did trace my harness and it goes from compressor and receiver into cable interface, than this interface merges with condenser fan cables ....and then this big harness goes all the way around merging with some other cable interfaces, goes under fuse box.....etc. BTW, condenser fan doesn't ground connection connected to the car body as well, it has a black cable but it goes inside of the harness as I have described before.
Is there any way to find out what is going on? I know that I can test condenser fan by connecting it's blue cable to the battery's "+" and black to car ground, right?
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Re: A/C not working - please advise

Check Thermal Protector if it's shows continuity (just jump together Red and Blu/Wht wires of the compressor.
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Re: A/C not working - please advise

I just had the same problem. First check to see if you have any freon, you may have a leak. If you have freon, the problem is the thermal sensor. It would need to be change since the metal tip of the sensor is faulty. Hope this helps. If you have any questions you can email me. Ill send you my email through private message.
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Re: A/C not working - please advise

i have 2005 honda civic the a/c is not working . the clutch is engaging and compressor sounds ok. the condenser fans are working. the low side is not cold and the high side is about the same temp. could it be the expansion vavle. what should i look for.
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