The AMC Ambassador is often erroneously cited as the first car to have air conditioning as a standard feature. But when Ambassador first included A/C in 1968, the Cadillac limousine, Rolls Royce ...

• The need to have the old refrigerant reclaimed and the new refrigerant added by a certified A/C-repair shop This month we will provide you with detailed troubleshooting diagnostics using the ...

Q: Is it possible for an air-conditioning compressor to go bad so quickly? Our daughter bought a 2007 Nissan Altima with 72,000 miles last August from a dealership, and now the AC doesn't work. She ...

In case you haven’t heard, there are record heat waves hitting the western U.S. right now, with temperatures soaring up to and beyond the triple-digit mark. Not only are these high-temperature events ...

This article will look at the multiple causes from other major components in the system that can lead to compressor overheating, which is considered today’s most serious field problem. THE ROLE OF THE ...

Got an old air conditioning compressor lying around? And some engineering skills? Why not turn that thing into a real, working internal combustion engine? That's what one YouTuber did, and the result ...

This paper describes the recent efforts on developing an automotive climate control system throughout integrating an electrically-controlled variable capacity scroll compressor with a fuzzy logic ...

Since this column's inception, we've received a substantial number of questions concerning air-conditioning troubleshooting. Answering each one would take quite some time, but we will attempt to ...