I was getting onto the highway the other day in my wife's car and had to give it some gas to keep from being run over. Once up on the highway I noticed the a/c was not blowing cold for a few secs then it came back. I punched it again to see if it did it again. Once again it blew warm for a sec or two then came back. I dont hear a belt going nuts so I am assuming its shutting off the compressor at WOT to make more power. If not maybe I should have that looked at.. hmmm
A/c shut off
- Thread starter Wytchdctr
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I had an old Dodge company car that did that too. The a/c would shut off when climbing hills. Kinda of a cool feature since the car only had about 100 hp max and a three speed automatic. But the bummer part was I worked in southwestern PA and northern WV, so the a/c only ran when I was coming down the hills/mountains...
Ya know...I don't think it happens if you gradually get up to max speed. The feature is more to save the compressor rather than give the driver a power boost. Sudden increases in pulley speed like going to WOT (which induces downshifts) from 40mph can wear the pulley out and decrease the life of the bearings.
lol, and that was only a little less than a third of what it would put out on a good day... Didn't bother me much in Chicago where I bought the thing, didn't use it for more than a few weeks in the summer, but down here in Georgia it got a little slow to have it on all the time.... The effect on the mazda is much less, or just made up for by the computer upping everything a notch when it's on. I wish it would raise the idle speed a bit when it's on, doesn't cool worth a darn at idle until you get going a little bit.
