jaxwithanx
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- Location
- Houston
April 2017 I bought one of the released 2015 TDI's Sportwagens. As summer approached I thought the A/C was a little wimpy but it always technically worked just didn't get super cold. I live in Houston, so fully expect a good 10 minute period of time to properly get to temp but it never has been able to cool down the cabin enough.
Basically it cools enough to not really notice during fall and spring but once it gets above 85-90 degrees it will cool the car down enough to keep you from sweating but you can guarantee your backside will be warm enough to keep it a little swampy. You can hold your hand right up to vent at full blast during any part of the year and it never feels icy.
So this year it finally seems a little worse or maybe I'm just in worse shape and I wanna do something about it. Of course I'm at 50,000 miles now too, so like any idiot would, I wanted to wait until it was out of warranty.
It could just be low on refrigerant and this Saturday I'm going to the dealer to get my spring recall done and will have them check. But considering I've never noticed a drastic decrease in the 2 years I've been driving it, I don't think it has a leak and like I said, it's always been wimpy. But no weird sounds or intermittent hot air or anything to make you think something wasn't working properly....just inadequately cool air.
So that leaves me with thoughts on the expansion valve or the compressor solenoid? Anyone else with some ideas? I can go buy a cheap set of gauges if someone genuinely knows the system and tells me what they need. During my reseatch, I recently just learned about the OBDeleven code for 'hot country' which I'll be enabling soon but I know that's not my core issue here.
Basically it cools enough to not really notice during fall and spring but once it gets above 85-90 degrees it will cool the car down enough to keep you from sweating but you can guarantee your backside will be warm enough to keep it a little swampy. You can hold your hand right up to vent at full blast during any part of the year and it never feels icy.
So this year it finally seems a little worse or maybe I'm just in worse shape and I wanna do something about it. Of course I'm at 50,000 miles now too, so like any idiot would, I wanted to wait until it was out of warranty.
It could just be low on refrigerant and this Saturday I'm going to the dealer to get my spring recall done and will have them check. But considering I've never noticed a drastic decrease in the 2 years I've been driving it, I don't think it has a leak and like I said, it's always been wimpy. But no weird sounds or intermittent hot air or anything to make you think something wasn't working properly....just inadequately cool air.
So that leaves me with thoughts on the expansion valve or the compressor solenoid? Anyone else with some ideas? I can go buy a cheap set of gauges if someone genuinely knows the system and tells me what they need. During my reseatch, I recently just learned about the OBDeleven code for 'hot country' which I'll be enabling soon but I know that's not my core issue here.