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AC compressor OEM Honda or OEM FORD
Note: I'm a 28 year old man with no knowledge of how cars work.
In order to save money on my truck, I forced myself to learn how to replace an AC compressor on an F-150 with no mechanical background or knowledge whatsoever. 6 hours of cursing and labor later, I did it.
Pros: saved money
Cons: cursing and labor
Vehicle:
Ford
Our 2011 has 203K miles. We’ve had a starter go out, and we’ve replaced two A/C compressors, but that’s it. Doesn’t burn any oil. The most amazing thing is no squeaks or rattles from any of the interior panels after all those miles. This was my first-ever Honda, and it’s the best-built, most reliable vehicle I’ve ever owned.
Pros: best-built, most reliable vehicle
Cons: starter go out, A/C compressors replaced
Vehicle:
Honda
Mileage: 326691 km
I had one for seven years and 80k miles and the only problem I had was the A/C compressor. It was two years out of warranty and Honda went 50/50 with me on it. I drove the piss out of it, multiple trips to the redline every day, etc., and it was flawless mechanically and never burned oil or made any unhappy noises.
Pros: flawless mechanically, never burned oil
Cons: weak A/C, high revs
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
Mileage: 128747 km
This happened to me with a 2003 Civic in 2007. It was like a $1700 job back then, but Honda went 50/50 on the parts/labor after I wrote in with a sob story, told them I had a Honda lawnmower, etc - so I had to pay $650.
Pros: Honda paid 50/50
Cons: required replacing condenser
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
My Honda 2017 CRV compressor was replaced last summer. Here we go again AC blows cold air sometimes for several minutes then warm. Most of the time it’s warm air. Honda is distancing it’s loyal customers.
Cons: intermittent cold air, blows warm
Vehicle:
Honda
I just took my 2019 Civic in for AC not working AGAIN. 3rd time since I’ve owned the car. Had the compressor replaced early on, now it needs replacing again and the other things mentioned in the thread. They told me it would be $3,200. I said no thank you, I won’t be doing that service today. The agent told me he would contact Honda Corporate and they likely would cover 1/2 the cost for me. I’m thinking of holding out and seeing if a class action is really happening. Seems ridiculous to replace AC 3 times in 5 years.
Cons: repeated failure, high replacement cost
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
The AC compressor exploded around 120k miles and that was a $1400 repair and that is the biggest failure so far I have had.
Cons: exploded, expensive repair
Vehicle:
Honda Ridgeline
Mileage: 120000 km
Took my 2017 Hatchback in two weeks ago, they replaced the compressor under warranty. AC lasted a week before blowing hot air again. Brought it back, now they say the evaporator needs to be replaced for $2100.
Cons: compressor failed quickly, evaporator needs replacement
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
In my situation, at 3 years and 33k miles my AC compressor when out with a leak (very well known issue). It was not covered by the 3 year 30k warranty and Honda quoted me $3k+ to fix. I said no and went to a third-party repair place that fixed it for $1,700.
Cons: compressor when out with leak
Vehicle:
Honda Civic
Mileage: 53108 km
I've had a rather absurd amount of ford AC compressors that leak from the O-ring seal between the two halves of the compressor.
Cons: leaks from O-ring seal
Vehicle:
Ford
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