My dealer was messing with my alarm sensitivity and fried the compressor in my air conditioning unit, they are going to replace it,
but I have to wait a week or so for the part, I feel I deserve compensation for this inconvenience, any thoughts?

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Ask them for a loaner!

 

I just can't part with my xA

 

How the hell can you fry a compressor adjusting a glass breakage sensor? Only way you can really destroy a compressor is if it is ran without oil and it will eat itself alive.

 

Good question, It goes in tomorrow, so I'll post what they say.

 

Got the car back, of course the dealership said they did not break it. It "appearently" was just a freak thing that happened while it was at the dealership. (yeah right!)

 

My knowledge of air conditioning compressors in automobiles is limited. However the only electrical part of the compressor which I can recall is the electrically operated clutch. I had difficulties with a VW compressor. It would blow fuses readily until I isolated the power supply of the compressor onto its own circuit with a relay being operated by the installed power circuit. This installation was basically an electromagnetically operated clutch. I also cannot envisage burnout of the coil when working on another circuit.

 

All they said was something about the clutch and needing to replace the entire a/c unit. But I really don't know anything about a/c units, all I wanted was cold air again.

 

The clutch on the A/C is the part that connects to the compressor. If the clutch is not working right that means the compressor is not spinning enough to do its thing. That would then cause little to no cold air from the vents. Now that is a little odd for the clutch to go out so soon. Any one else have this type of problem?