Bill in Utah
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Originally Posted By: Drew99GT
Bill, do you have pictures of this condenser guard?
2005 corolla AC doesnt work
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It's just a piece of screen tied away and across the condenser.
I'm late for work.. I'll try to look up the thread and get a photo of what I did up...
Bill
Bill in Utah
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A *slight* pin hole from a rock would kill the condenser.
But they SHOULD have put gauges on the system and *IF* the condenser WAS damaged, there would be NO freon.
Bill
Originally Posted By: Bill in Utah
A *slight* pin hole from a rock would kill the condenser.
But they SHOULD have put gauges on the system and *IF* the condenser WAS damaged, there would be NO freon.
Bill
Originally Posted By: dishdude
Originally Posted By: mikeg5
i made her a list to give the tech to check.
just found out that those ECU's are basically AC Delco [censored]... ugh..
Never heard of an AC failing to work because of the ECU. I thought the toyota ECUs were Denso? Also, isnt the ECU reflash/repair covered under the emissions warranty? The 06 corollas have a bad batch of ECUs that cause the car to stall while driving.
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Bill in Utah
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The Toyota Corolla is made in USA with USA parts (delco).
130k no more any warranty.
Sorry to hear about the problem Mike. Does not sound good.
I hope I don't have any problems. But if it does I'll pay out the $$ (or go to the junk yard and get one for 1/2) and continue with the car.
Ok, I found the photos of my screen for the condenser (I guess it was in PMs between myself and mikered30)
It's not pretty but it works. 
Bill
It's not pretty but it works.
Billbill is mostly right.. toyota outsources (through mandate or something of that nature to build in america they have to have a certain % made in america) now that toyota outsources their quality has gone down over the past 5 yrs or so.. it sucks.. i know this new computer will go bad in the next few years and we will have to keep replacing it.. thats how it always happens.. i am thinking of going with honda as far as the cars go... i am so ticked off..
I might be looking at the wrong part, but isnt the ECU under the cabin air filter, as seen in this pic: http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv155/Exage304/AC%20Filter/IMGP0148.jpg or is that still part of the air system?
Originally Posted By: mikered30
I might be looking at the wrong part, but isnt the ECU under the cabin air filter, as seen in this pic: http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv155/Exage304/AC%20Filter/IMGP0148.jpg or is that still part of the air system?
Originally Posted By: mikeg5
Originally Posted By: mikered30
I might be looking at the wrong part, but isnt the ECU under the cabin air filter, as seen in this pic: http://i679.photobucket.com/albums/vv155/Exage304/AC%20Filter/IMGP0148.jpg or is that still part of the air system?
Had a similar issue a few years ago. The car has some front end fender bender and the condenser was pushed/bent and held on until the vibration wear a hole between it and the radiator. The compressor will turn off after a few cycle. I bought it in to a mechanic and he use a fluorescent freon to find the leak, and quote me $500 for the repair. I just paid him a $65 diag fee and bought a condenser off radiatorbarn.com for about $100, install it myself, and check on craigslist to find a licensed AC repair guy to charge the system up for $100.
Still running very cold.
Originally Posted By: PandaBear
Had a similar issue a few years ago. The car has some front end fender bender and the condenser was pushed/bent and held on until the vibration wear a hole between it and the radiator. The compressor will turn off after a few cycle. I bought it in to a mechanic and he use a fluorescent freon to find the leak, and quote me $500 for the repair. I just paid him a $65 diag fee and bought a condenser off radiatorbarn.com for about $100, install it myself, and check on craigslist to find a licensed AC repair guy to charge the system up for $100.
Still running very cold.
Originally Posted By: mikeg5
just found out that those ECU's are basically AC Delco [censored]... ugh..
Originally Posted By: brianl703
Originally Posted By: mikeg5
just found out that those ECU's are basically AC Delco [censored]... ugh..
Originally Posted By: mikeg5
if they do or do not it wasnt denso like it should be. either way its [censored] in those models esp the matrix.. sad
Bill in Utah
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I think you have to have a emissions related problem for the ECU to be covered.
Also I think his is out of warranty. From the EPA web site;
"For 1995 and newer model year vehicles, emission control and emission related parts are warranted for the first 2 years or 24,000 miles of vehicle use. Specified major emission-control components are warranted for the first 8 years or 80,000 miles of vehicle use."
130k is a little over.
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