Vehicle air conditioning is typically one of a car's most durable systems. Though it is often in use every day, a modern air conditioning system just keeps humming along providing cool air when you ...

Karl is a former Senior Editor at CarBuzz and first joined the company as a freelancer in 2019. After graduating as a copywriter and studying journalism, his early work life included stints in ...

Air-conditioning compressors often last the life of a vehicle, but they can fail because bearings wear out, seals leak and long-term corrosion takes its toll, plus other factors. If a compressor does ...

How does a tech know the a/c compressor he or she is diagnosing is actually failed and that the problem is not a crankcase heater, condenser fan, or rubbed out wire? According to the contractors The ...

HVAC systems differ from one hybrid to the next, and some systems, such as those on Honda and Toyota Prius 2001-’03 models have used a scroll compressor, which can be powered via a belt when the ...

The compressor is the power unit of the air-conditioning system that puts the refrigerant under high pressure before it pumps it into the condenser, where it changes from a gas to a liquid. A fully ...

In principle, air conditioners and refrigeration units don't produce cold air. These systems transfer heat from one place to another and therefore reduce temperature in a confined area (passenger ...

The hot weather is back, and one of the worst things that you can run into is hitting the button for the air conditioning, and only getting hot air. Or maybe even no air. So that means something’s ...

Not long ago we were involved in a bench racing session with several veteran Vette aficionados that centered on the "good old days." The cruise down memory lane centered on a particularly memorable ...

The first year for factory air conditioning in Corvettes was 1963. The design evolved during the C2 and C3 generations, becoming a pretty robust, reliable system for later Corvettes. Here we’ll be ...

As the summer months wind down and we reflect on how we only spotted a few vintage Mustangs out and about at shows and cruise-ins (here in the hot and sticky south anyway) it is easy to see that many ...

Several units of the 2023 GMC Acadia were shipped with an undersized air conditioning compressor, according to a new GM Customer Satisfaction Program announcement which also details a fix for the ...