# Air Condition (AC)

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-condition-ac/52004>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** toyota, highlander\
**Created:** [July 17, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-condition-ac/52004 "2010-07-17T17:22:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![edojavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a4c791/32.png) [@edojavier](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edojavier)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 5:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-condition-ac/52004/1 "2010-07-17T17:22:50Z")

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The car’s AC works well over 40 mph, however, during rush hour and moving 5 mph (or idle and engine running) within minutes the AC stop working. Any suggestions?  
  
  
  
 Thank you in advance

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**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 7:36pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-condition-ac/52004/2 "2010-07-17T19:36:49Z")

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Do the fan(s) on the radiator come on when you turn the A/C on?

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**Author:** ![edojavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a4c791/32.png) [@edojavier](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edojavier)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-condition-ac/52004/3 "2010-07-17T20:02:21Z")

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Yes, the fans did turn on

thank you for replying

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**Author:** ![alathena](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/alathena/32/1914_2.png) [@alathena](https://community.cartalk.com/u/alathena)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-condition-ac/52004/4 "2010-07-18T05:50:07Z")

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We had the same problem with our Toyota Tercel and 3 months later the a/c was dead. I’m not a reference with cars, but if you do something, do it now. The mechanic said we could maybe have saved the a/c if we’d gone before…

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**Author:** ![cigroller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c68b51/32.png) [@cigroller](https://community.cartalk.com/u/cigroller)\
**Post date:** [July 18, 2010, 2:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-condition-ac/52004/5 "2010-07-18T14:15:24Z")

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You need to start by just having a good A/C service shop check the refrigerant level. Yours is probably low & needs to be recharged. If that is found to be the case, then it needs to be evaluated for leaks - it probably has one that needs to be fixed.