Hi Scotty, I have a 2013 Chevy Cruze ls with a 1.8-liter engine, automatic transmission, around 116,000 miles that blows cold (not ice cold) air at low speeds and at idle, but once I get up to speed, the air blows hot or at ambient temperatures and this happened only when hot outside. Once it cools off (night or early morning), the AC blows cold (better than at high temperatures) but cools a lot better than at peak ambient temperatures for sure. I want to know why my AC is acting up like that what heat issues or repairs I will encounter and how much I should expect to pay for this issue. Other than that, keep up the good youtube content 🙂
Sincerely,
Leonardo Montes
These are typical signs of a system in need of a refrigerant reload. They all slowly leak to lubricate the compressor bearings. 9 years is about right. It blows cold at night because the heat load is significantly less, the sun dumps infrared energy into the car that the A/C needs to remove. At higher compressor speeds there isn't enough refrigerant to properly pressurize the system, you'll probably hear your A/C clutch kick on and off it you get out of the car on a hot day with the air on max. It'll sound like a click.
Take it to a professional and have it properly evacuated and recharged to the factory weight. That should fix it.
