# Bypass AC on 2003 2.0L jetta? **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** jetta, volkswagen\ **Created:** [August 2, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bypass-ac-on-2003-2-0l-jetta/106501 "2017-08-02T01:46:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AmandaWithAnOldsmobile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AmandaWithAnOldsmobile](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AmandaWithAnOldsmobile)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 1:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bypass-ac-on-2003-2-0l-jetta/106501/1 "2017-08-02T01:46:50Z")
My AC compressor has seized and causing a racket/smoking, so it needs replaced to the tune of $700 (not a bad price all things considered, but still). I’d like to bypassing the AC all together but can’t find anything online about doing so. Does anyone have experience with this? ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 1:48am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bypass-ac-on-2003-2-0l-jetta/106501/2 "2017-08-02T01:48:45Z")
I answered your question in your other thread. Ask your mechanic if he can put a belt on to run everything but the air conditioner compressor. There are kits that will just have a pulley where the compressor is. You need another mechanic. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 2:04am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bypass-ac-on-2003-2-0l-jetta/106501/3 "2017-08-02T02:04:13Z")
There is no serpentine belt listed for your vehicle without AC, because your vehicle was never offered without AC. You need to install a compressor by-pass pulley. Here’s the one for your vehicle. [https://www.1aauto.com/volkswagen-jetta-ac-compressor-bypass-pulley/mo-c/423-80](https://www.1aauto.com/volkswagen-jetta-ac-compressor-bypass-pulley/mo-c/423-80) Tester ---
**Author:** ![VOLVO-V70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8e8cbc/32.png) [@VOLVO-V70](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VOLVO-V70)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 2:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bypass-ac-on-2003-2-0l-jetta/106501/4 "2017-08-02T02:06:45Z")
@Tester As always Mr. Tester, well done. ---
**Author:** ![AmandaWithAnOldsmobile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AmandaWithAnOldsmobile](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AmandaWithAnOldsmobile)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 11:53am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bypass-ac-on-2003-2-0l-jetta/106501/5 "2017-08-02T11:53:29Z")
Hi, thank you for taking the time to look this up for me!! One question - that page says it’s only for 1993-1999 jettas but mine is a 2003, do you think it will still work? ---
**Author:** ![AmandaWithAnOldsmobile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AmandaWithAnOldsmobile](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AmandaWithAnOldsmobile)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 11:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bypass-ac-on-2003-2-0l-jetta/106501/6 "2017-08-02T11:55:07Z")
I’m posting here because I wasn’t able to find a kit for my exact car so I was wondering if anyone else would have any luck - especially since I’m not exactly sure what I’m searching for. Tester below found one but it doesn’t state that it will work for my year ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 12:42pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bypass-ac-on-2003-2-0l-jetta/106501/7 "2017-08-02T12:42:20Z")
Yep, seems like a common part available at a common auto parts store for older VW’s. Same problem, I can’t find one for a 2003. My original post had a link… but it wasn’t for a 2003 ---
**Author:** ![Whitey](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/whitey/32/24680_2.png) [@Whitey](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Whitey)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bypass-ac-on-2003-2-0l-jetta/106501/8 "2017-08-02T18:10:29Z")
I encourage you to reconsider what you’re doing. By bypassing the air conditioning, you’re increasing the cost of your eventual repair. You might be better off putting that $700 on a credit card and paying interest until you can pay it off than paying for a hack repair, paying to undo it later and install a working compressor. I’ve chosen to live without air conditioning in my car, but I don’t have a serpentine belt, and I never plan to fix my air conditioner. If you ever plan to fix yours, you should consider going ahead and doing it now. ---
**Author:** ![Cavell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/cavell/32/43396_2.png) [@Cavell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Cavell)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bypass-ac-on-2003-2-0l-jetta/106501/9 "2017-08-02T20:47:00Z")
is your compressor shot or is the clutch shot? i suppose you could just leave the compressor unplugged and than the clutch will never engage. if your clutch bearing is good, that is. ---
**Author:** ![AmandaWithAnOldsmobile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AmandaWithAnOldsmobile](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AmandaWithAnOldsmobile)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 12:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bypass-ac-on-2003-2-0l-jetta/106501/10 "2017-08-03T12:28:19Z")
I think it’s the bearing that’s gone. It grinds when the car is turned on. ---
**Author:** ![AmandaWithAnOldsmobile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@AmandaWithAnOldsmobile](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AmandaWithAnOldsmobile)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2017, 12:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/bypass-ac-on-2003-2-0l-jetta/106501/11 "2017-08-03T12:29:31Z")
It isn’t that I can’t afford it, i just don’t want to dump 700 into a car that isn’t worth much and that I don’t plan to keep for much longer. I haven’t been able to find any other solution though so I think I’ll have to have the work done.