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Today I did some extensive driving in the heat and discovered a new characteristic of my ailing air-conditioning system. Right out of the garage it started out working great as usual. Then within 10 minutes I began smelling the humid odor that signals the compressor was turned off. It cycled on and off for a short times but not enough to keep the cabin anywhere near comfortable. From my aerospace days I recalled that sometimes we would cycle the power to a system and it would come back into operation when it was turned back on. So I shut down the AC for about 15 seconds and turned it back on. The AC came back up and started cooling again. I don't think it was operating at 100%, but it was livable and even cool (the outside temperature was running in the mid 90's.) It continued cooling until I reached my destination about 20 minutes later. On the way home it shut-down again about 8 minutes into the trip and a 15 second shutdown cleared it up again.
When I got home I ran the self-test and it returned codes 13 and 14 (Sun Load Sensor & Evaporator Sensor, both open-circuit.) Tonight while looking in SVXIpedia under the section "How to Check Climate Control Trouble Codes" (this link) there is a statement that I don't think I understand. It says, "Anytime codes 13, 33, 34 or 35 are displayed, the condition is one which is currently occurring." I don't know if I understand for sure what this means. Does it mean that if the Sun Load Sensor fails and then starts working again it won't show a code 13 in the memory? Since we are all reading code 13 I was wondering if this has any significance. - Jim
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- Jim '02 Outback - Wife's car '96 Legacy Wagon - Son's car '95 Legacy Sedan - #5 Daughter's car '93 Impreza Sedan - #4 Daughter's car '92 Claret LS-L - My car ____________ TOTAL = 595,000 Subi miles |
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