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1998 Audi A8 4.2 Quattro Climate Control Problems

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Old 12-26-2013, 05:58 PM
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Default 1998 Audi A8 4.2 Quattro Climate Control Problems

This summer the fan motor went out. After replacing it the first time that it ran some smoke can out of the vents for a short time. That night i went on a long road trip to southern cal and we about froze the a/c was stuck on high. On the way home a/c stopped working, the fan runs put the temp is just out side air temp. Were do i start ??????
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Start with a VagCom reading (climate control fault codes)...could be a temp mixing flap stuck or bad flap motor or bad temp sensor.
Could even be a bad refrigerant pressure switch under the hood.
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