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[Jimbob]

other thing you can play with is covering the dome in the centre of the dash by the screen, see if that affects the fan speeds

what does that dome do? I've been wondering since I've had the car what it's for

on an older car such as yours, it just monitors sunlight, and boosts fan speed when its sunny, on the facelifts its more clever (and more prone to breaking, where it uses the sun angle as well, so controls fans more independantly.

[sneakypenguin]

ah, thanks for explaining it, been bugging me for months lol

[Jimbob]

no probs, i thought they were remote sensors when I 1st came across them 

[NaughtyNigel]

Regarding the OP's question, I think you'll find that many VX dealers get an outside contractor in to to AC work - just as they do to replace windscreens.

NN

[Simon_Omega]

I need my car ac to be serviced as i can tell it need regassing. Problem is i don't know of any reputable garages that can do this other than vx dealers or dare i say kwik fit!!!

Can some recommend a garage that does this in either london or the hertfordshire area. My local vx dealers want  £150. any feedback will be appreciated.

i can take care of it £50 including leak test. and re-gas.
call me 07590099977 as i go to thames valley frequently so you could come across to bicester and meet me, il do it roadside.

[Diamond Black Geezer]

i can give you a step-by-step guide in taking the climate unit out of the dash (though im sure there is a how to on here somewhere, so im probably redundant) the only tricky thing is getting the stereo out -

It might be worth explaining to the stereo fitters the problem, ask them to take it out for you (unless you have the right tools) then you can go home, have a cuppa, take out the offending bit of the dash. Its only screws from here-on in.

Then you can check the plugs/sockets at the back of the cc panel. It does sound logical that that's the problem.

[TheBoy]

other thing you can play with is covering the dome in the centre of the dash by the screen, see if that affects the fan speeds

what does that dome do? I've been wondering since I've had the car what it's for

on an older car such as yours, it just monitors sunlight, and boosts fan speed when its sunny, on the facelifts its more clever (and more prone to breaking, where it uses the sun angle as well, so controls fans more independantly.

You mean the blending and direction flaps - there is still only 1 fan

[Kumamoto]

I need my car ac to be serviced as i can tell it need regassing. Problem is i don't know of any reputable garages that can do this other than vx dealers or dare i say kwik fit!!!

Can some recommend a garage that does this in either london or the hertfordshire area. My local vx dealers want  £150. any feedback will be appreciated.

i can take care of it £50 including leak test. and re-gas.
call me 07590099977 as i go to thames valley frequently so you could come across to bicester and meet me, il do it roadside.

Thanks mate... the car was regasssed ;ast saturday and that is when the problem started. Cheers.

[spaceraceuk]

I had an aftermarket head unit fitted by a local car audio dealer about a year ago, and recently decided to return everything to the factory stereo.

I had pretty much everything out including the air control panel, glovebox etc.

While its tight for space in the stereo area, its not *that* easy to bash/bend the air control stuff. Its pretty well tucked to the sides other than the odd vent pipe that comes down to the footwells or leads to the centre vents. The control panels have push release connectors like the switches etc. and from memory theres only one or possibly two connector blocks so you'd notice major things if one wasn't connected.

I actually didn't need to disconnect the leads on mine, I could bring it out far enough to help me remove stereo/av leads without needing to remove it completely.

[Kumamoto]

The air conditioning has been bahaving itself for the last 4 days ...still don't know what to say..
Also i notice of later as i drive the car especially in the morning....i can smell petrol.cvThis goes on for a few minutes then stop.
then suddenly since friday the engine managment light has come on. The car perfomance has been affected a little. Could another problem elsewhere with the engine be affecting the A/C?. I need a code reader asap.