# Air Conditioning **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [June 24, 2014, 11:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-conditioning/85616 "2014-06-24T11:24:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![wearytraveler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/dfb087/32.png) [@wearytraveler](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wearytraveler)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 11:24am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-conditioning/85616/1 "2014-06-24T11:24:13Z")
Is there any common problems with this model’s A/C unit leaking? I am trying to save the money for a check at the shop for leaks if I know it is going to be to expensive to fix. Or is it fairly easy to fix? ---
**Author:** ![missileman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/missileman/32/1366_2.png) [@missileman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/missileman)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 1:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-conditioning/85616/2 "2014-06-24T13:06:41Z")
It depends. Your best bet would be to take your vehicle in for a complete checkup at a good, independent AC specialist. They are the pros. ---
**Author:** ![asemaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@asemaster](https://community.cartalk.com/u/asemaster)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:22pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-conditioning/85616/3 "2014-06-24T18:22:44Z")
What model’s A/C unit? ---
**Author:** ![ken\_green](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ken_green/32/816_2.png) [@ken\_green](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ken_green)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:49pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-conditioning/85616/4 "2014-06-24T18:49:40Z")
‘‘This model’’…what model ? PLUS Why do you believe you need it checked ? If you assume a leak…why ? is it not cold ? Way back, my 92 Explorer a/c would leak down over the winter…two years in a row. A charge up would last all summer with no problems but after the following winter it would be empty again. The cold would contract the o-rings ever so slightly allowing seepage. Not knowing exactly which was leaking, replacing all the o-rings after the second year solved the leak down forever. ---
**Author:** ![edb1961](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/edb1961/32/122_2.png) [@edb1961](https://community.cartalk.com/u/edb1961)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 6:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air-conditioning/85616/5 "2014-06-24T18:50:14Z")
Make, model, year, miles, symptoms?