# Air

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/air/52906>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [August 3, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air/52906 "2010-08-03T03:03:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![shootie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@shootie](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shootie)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air/52906/1 "2010-08-03T03:03:39Z")

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air just stops blowing and then it starts back?

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**Author:** ![oldschool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e19adc/32.png) [@oldschool](https://community.cartalk.com/u/oldschool)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:23am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air/52906/2 "2010-08-03T03:23:35Z")

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This works best if you pretend you are talking to a mechanic, you need to give more details.

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**Author:** ![shootie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@shootie](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shootie)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:29am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air/52906/3 "2010-08-03T03:29:30Z")

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2009 kia rio, air condition stops blowing when on max.turn it off for a couple of minutes then turn back on, it will blow again.

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**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2010, 3:56am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air/52906/4 "2010-08-03T03:56:33Z")

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you’re probably freezing the coils over. You’re not supposed to run it on max more than a few minutes when you start out to cool the car initially.

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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:** [August 3, 2010, 10:30am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air/52906/5 "2010-08-03T10:30:22Z")

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I believe shadow has the answer. I’d guess it is worse on days of high humidity. The coils can ice up.

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**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:** [August 3, 2010, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/air/52906/6 "2010-08-03T14:12:11Z")

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Try running the AC in the normal mode and see what happens.