Has anyone else experienced a similar issue?
Sorry for the lengthy post, trying to provide as many details as possible.
Here's the scenario:
The car was parked outside in the sun AND the outdoor temps were above 95°f (according to the dash temp. display), the a/c did not blow cold air regardless of the temp. settings (max a/c, recirc. or fresh, dual zone on or off, mode, or fan speed). Turning the car off and back on did not fix it. BUT, while driving and once the outside temps fell to ~ 82°f, the a/c started to work again. The no a/c issue has occurred 3 separate times now, but just once (yesterday) did the temps falling to 82°f during the same trip and a/c start working again scenario happen. When we first left the house for the day yesterday, it was already +95°f outside, but the car was parked in the garage and the a/c was working properly the entire 45 minute trip until we parked it for 3 hours outdoors in the sun. The high temp registered during that trip was 104°f and a/c was working fine.
This is my wife's daily driver and is parked in a garage at home and at work so fortunately this hasn't occurred often. I mentioned it to the dealership after the 1st occurrence last year but they said they need to inspect the car while it's acting up, and of course it was working properly at the time. Once i'm able to consistently replicate the issue, I'll take it to the dealership but I won't have that chance until next weekend, so I'm hoping someone else has experienced this issue and had it resolved by the dealership so I can just tell them what to test and replace.
Sorry for the lengthy post, trying to provide as many details as possible.
Here's the scenario:
The car was parked outside in the sun AND the outdoor temps were above 95°f (according to the dash temp. display), the a/c did not blow cold air regardless of the temp. settings (max a/c, recirc. or fresh, dual zone on or off, mode, or fan speed). Turning the car off and back on did not fix it. BUT, while driving and once the outside temps fell to ~ 82°f, the a/c started to work again. The no a/c issue has occurred 3 separate times now, but just once (yesterday) did the temps falling to 82°f during the same trip and a/c start working again scenario happen. When we first left the house for the day yesterday, it was already +95°f outside, but the car was parked in the garage and the a/c was working properly the entire 45 minute trip until we parked it for 3 hours outdoors in the sun. The high temp registered during that trip was 104°f and a/c was working fine.
This is my wife's daily driver and is parked in a garage at home and at work so fortunately this hasn't occurred often. I mentioned it to the dealership after the 1st occurrence last year but they said they need to inspect the car while it's acting up, and of course it was working properly at the time. Once i'm able to consistently replicate the issue, I'll take it to the dealership but I won't have that chance until next weekend, so I'm hoping someone else has experienced this issue and had it resolved by the dealership so I can just tell them what to test and replace.