My A/C works, blows nice cold air. As I am driving the fan stops blowing. The LEDs on the A/C panel are lit but no cold air. I stop the car, restart it and the air starts blowing again. Have you see this problem? What should I do to try and fix it? If there is a sensor will you send me a diagram of the location of the sensor?
2008 VW Passat 2.0T BPY
New battery 11/2012
My wife's car is a 2006 2.0T Passat. It has been very slow to blow cool air on starting. Once you are moving at highway speeds it cools fine, but then blows hot air when you slow or come to a stop.
I have taken the car to a mechanic who purged and refilled the coolant. This did not fix the problem. Upon checking with the mechanic, we noticed that both the primary and aux. cooling fans start and stop at the same time, and only would come on when I would rev the engine up some (around 2000 rpm).
I have talked with this mechanic and one more. Both are certified master mechanics, but neither specializes in VW. They believe it may be the high pressure side switch or the compressor itself.
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