AC Only Cold on Passenger Side

This happen to anyone else? My AC is only blowing cold in the passenger side. I do NOT have dual zone climate control.

Any ideas?

I had that happen on a Toyota Venza once. Turned out, it was low Freon. I have no idea why being low caused this to happen, but it did, 100%. I recharged it, and all was well again.

yep, door not working.

Aw crap. Do I need to pull the entire dash out to get to that?

Sky Render said:

Aw crap. Do I need to pull the entire dash out to get to that?

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Yes....pita.

Not a fun job.

Fuck it; I'm paying someone to do it.
How much of the dash needs to come out? I've got an nGauge in the driver vent and gauges on the pillar. Are they going to be in the way?

I believe I had to pull both a pillars when taking my dash out to replace the evaporator core. Its a time consuming job but not hard. If you bring it somewhere theyll charge you out the ass for labor. If money is no object have someone else do it.


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Dammit, let me go look at my factory service manual and see what all is involved.

I'd love to meet the brilliant son of a bitch who thought putting the low pressure service port on the strut tower behind a main wiring harness and above the headers was a good idea. I can't even connect my gauge to the port!

Depending on which door actuator needs to be replaced it can be simple or difficult. I think there are four different ones in there.

I know 2 are accessible via the glove box. Where are the other 2?

Have the car checked for hvac codes from the Smart Junction Box. Have you tried the Cold Boot procedure? http://iihs.net/fsm/?d=332&f=Climate Control System.pdf&p=2
Best to make sure it's an actuator problem first before tearing into the dash removal for a broken door.

Where is the EMTC located? I've had a few occurrences of the temp control getting stuck and would like to try this.

I had this same issue on my 07 Accord, I thought it was low on gas, but it turned out to be the evaporator was plugged. Sorry in advance, if this is your issue. It sucks

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Have the car checked for hvac codes from the Smart Junction Box. Have you tried the Cold Boot procedure? http://iihs.net/fsm/?d=332&f=Climate Control System.pdf&p=2
Best to make sure it's an actuator problem first before tearing into the dash removal for a broken door.

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Well the air that is coming out isn'taas cold as it should be, so I'm thinking low refrigerant or plugged evaporator or condenser. But that's an interesting nteresting idea; where is that module located?

I thought it was a side to side distribution issues not a not cold enough issue. That changes everything. You need to go get a set of gauges to diagnose.

My 2012 had the same issue. Driver side was blowing 15 to 20 degrees warmer than the passenger side. A few shots of Freon corrected it.

If your car is equipped with dual climate zones, the drivers side will blow cold and the passenger side warm with low freon. Happend in my 06 Explorer. AC also shuts the compressor of briefly with a misfire code.

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