Our Sarasota Florida based 2013 Highlander with 135K miles suddenly started to show problems with the AC. There are 4 vents in the front of the vehicle and the left two is not blowing cool air all the time. Intermittently it works and stops working.All other vents are doing great. It is intermittent and not consistent.
I took it to the dealership. He saw no obvious leaks ran a diagnostic and recovered 1.4 pounds out of 1.7 to 1.8 pounds. He charged the system to 1.8 pounds and put a test dye and asked me to go back to recheck for a leak in 4 days. He found no leaks and no dye in the evaporator drain tube and felt evaporator may be starting to leak.
Upon return in 3 days will know. He stated if the issue is behind the dash then it will be an expensive $2 to 3K job to open up and locate the problem.
Any ideas or suggestions and any other places to get another consultation/opinion. I do no mind diagnosing and fixing if reasonable as the vehicle rocks! and should last 5 more years.
Any guidance would be appreciated
GBJ
I took it to the dealership. He saw no obvious leaks ran a diagnostic and recovered 1.4 pounds out of 1.7 to 1.8 pounds. He charged the system to 1.8 pounds and put a test dye and asked me to go back to recheck for a leak in 4 days. He found no leaks and no dye in the evaporator drain tube and felt evaporator may be starting to leak.
Upon return in 3 days will know. He stated if the issue is behind the dash then it will be an expensive $2 to 3K job to open up and locate the problem.
Any ideas or suggestions and any other places to get another consultation/opinion. I do no mind diagnosing and fixing if reasonable as the vehicle rocks! and should last 5 more years.
Any guidance would be appreciated
GBJ
