A/C Flashing Light - Relay 90080-87026

[mwbest]

First time poster. My wifes car is an 2002 Camry 4Cyl. It has a periodic flashing A/C light and decrease or no performance when it does so. I called the dealer and asked for a magnetic clutch relay for A/C. Went to pick up the part and they had 90080-87026 waiting. My research shows that 90987-02022 (in the car now) was superseded by 90987-02028.

What is 90080-87026 for? Did they give me the wrong part?

Thanks,
Mike

[danorthface]

the old one is not a good part.. I bought one too for my 2003 and the part numbers did not match. The new one works perfectly though.

[mwbest]

Thanks, But is 90080-87026 the correct replacement? From what I have read on here it is not. I do not want to install the wrong replacement part and eat $70.

[slick07LE]

Though others may have contrary opinions because they are slaves to everchanging part numbers, the reality is that as long as it's the same voltage relay and the connections line up it will work just fine.

When this happened to my mothers car, I just went to a junk yard and pulled a relay from a Lexus, popped it in and problem solved.

These are just simple relays, so basically, if the voltage is the same and it fits, use it. You shouldn't have any problems.

[njerald]

If you would have searched, you could have saved ~$50.............

A/C light blinking

[gdanaher]

So all of this begs the question as to how you determined it was the relay switch rather than something else, such as low refrigerant pressure?

[slick07LE]

Originally Posted by gdanaher

So all of this begs the question as to how you determined it was the relay switch rather than something else, such as low refrigerant pressure?

I'd say it's a fairly safe bet considering the flashing a/c button and the fact that this is a widespead, Toyota acknowledged issue with the 02 Camry.

[O.V.N.]

Originally Posted by slick07LE

I'd say it's a fairly safe bet considering the flashing a/c button and the fact that this is a widespead, Toyota acknowledged issue with the 02 Camry.

I don't know...

I had the same problem this week. Replaced the A/C Relay with "A/C Relay Fctry" from Advance Auto Parts for $14.

But it doesn't seem to fix the problem.

The A/C will go full blast for a while, but then the "green flashing death light" starts in again.

Did I get a bum part, or is there possibly some other problem?

(P.S. I already replaced the air filter).

[slick07LE]

Originally Posted by O.V.N.

I don't know...

I had the same problem this week. Replaced the A/C Relay with "A/C Relay Fctry" from Advance Auto Parts for $14.

But it doesn't seem to fix the problem.

The A/C will go full blast for a while, but then the "green flashing death light" starts in again.

Did I get a bum part, or is there possibly some other problem?

(P.S. I already replaced the air filter).

I would try another relay before moving on to any of the other mentioned possibilities. A quick and cheap way to find out if it's the new part you got that's bad or something else is to take out the High Beams relay and place it in the spot for the mag clutch relay. Drive around for a while and see how your a/c performs. If the light doesn't begin to blink as it has been, then you just got a bad part from Advance. If it does, then the problem is somewhere else.

[O.V.N.]

Originally Posted by slick07LE

I would try another relay before moving on to any of the other mentioned possibilities. A quick and cheap way to find out if it's the new part you got that's bad or something else is to take out the High Beams relay and place it in the spot for the mag clutch relay. Drive around for a while and see how your a/c performs. If the light doesn't begin to blink as it has been, then you just got a bad part from Advance. If it does, then the problem is somewhere else.

Thanks for the tip. Any idea where the high beams relay is, in relation to the A/C relay?

Thanks again.

[O.V.N.]

Originally Posted by O.V.N.

Thanks for the tip. Any idea where the high beams relay is, in relation to the A/C relay?

Thanks again.

Ok, I swapped the A/C Mag Clutch with one of the two DRL relays.

The A/C worked fine (no blinking), and the DRL did not. (High beams did, however).

That made me think of when I encountered the problem with the new A/C relay: anytime I turned the temp from "full blast cold" to "medium cold," it started flashing.

I'll return the one I bought for a new one. If that doesn't solve it, is it possible that the $14 relay is just worthless compared to the $53 one? Why is there a price difference?

Thanks!

[Jeff Lange]

90987-02022, 90987-02027, 90987-02028, 90080-87010, 90080-87019, 90084-98025, 90084-98031, 90987-02012, 90987-T2001 and 90080-87026 are all interchangeable and can all be used. There is a lot of change up information, that has been changed over and over, etc, but they'll all work.

Jeff

[Kooter]

My 2004 Camry's A/C was intermittent with the green light flashing a few months ago, and as suggested by others here I ordered a replacement relay from Advance Auto ($14.00) and it's been working perfectly ever since. I was told that the original Toyota relay part number has changed numbers more than once. The replacement relay from Toyota costs about $60-$70, which I suspect is no better than the relay I ordered from Advance Auto.

[mega87]

Question though, I took out one of my DRL relays and installed it in the Mag CLT relay and my A/C works fine now, but question is what is the amp rating of this relay?

[gdanaher]

If the relay doesn't specify the amperage rating, track down the fuse the voltage flows through and it should give you an idea by the fuse rating.