Hey y'all:
I sure hope some of y'all can shed some light on this for me.
I have an '06 Commander with 64k miles on it. I'm the second-owner and I've owned it for 4 months, and 15k miles.
I've been noticing that the A/C was getting "sporadic" lately. It's HOT around here right now (most days over 100d), so minor differences in AC performance are noticeable.
Today I ran a short errand (less than 3 minutes driving) and when I came back out 30 minutes later car was dead. Some quick checks showed a dead battery, so I hooked the battery charger to it and immediately noticed a relay clicking under the hood. It turned-out to be the AC Clutch Relay. I removed it and then left the charger on the battery for a couple of hours.
When I went back out to the JEEP, I checked the voltage and had 12.98v. I inserted the key in the ignition and all sorts of weird things happened, like the lights in the dash flashing, the windshield wipers running, etc etc. when I tried to crank the motor, everything quit, and the battery voltage dropped to 4v. Classic bad-battery stuff.
So I replaced the battery with an Optima, and then I put the relay back in the AC Clutch Relay socket. Started the JEEP back up and everything returned to normal.... EXCEPT:
Now I've got ZERO A/C. The clutch doesn't engage, and the relay doesn't seem to be kicking when I switch the A/C to "ON" with all the controls set to HIGH. (Dual Auto Climate)
Has anyone experienced anything like this?
Can you steer me in a direction?
thanks.
I sure hope some of y'all can shed some light on this for me.
I have an '06 Commander with 64k miles on it. I'm the second-owner and I've owned it for 4 months, and 15k miles.
I've been noticing that the A/C was getting "sporadic" lately. It's HOT around here right now (most days over 100d), so minor differences in AC performance are noticeable.
Today I ran a short errand (less than 3 minutes driving) and when I came back out 30 minutes later car was dead. Some quick checks showed a dead battery, so I hooked the battery charger to it and immediately noticed a relay clicking under the hood. It turned-out to be the AC Clutch Relay. I removed it and then left the charger on the battery for a couple of hours.
When I went back out to the JEEP, I checked the voltage and had 12.98v. I inserted the key in the ignition and all sorts of weird things happened, like the lights in the dash flashing, the windshield wipers running, etc etc. when I tried to crank the motor, everything quit, and the battery voltage dropped to 4v. Classic bad-battery stuff.
So I replaced the battery with an Optima, and then I put the relay back in the AC Clutch Relay socket. Started the JEEP back up and everything returned to normal.... EXCEPT:
Now I've got ZERO A/C. The clutch doesn't engage, and the relay doesn't seem to be kicking when I switch the A/C to "ON" with all the controls set to HIGH. (Dual Auto Climate)
Has anyone experienced anything like this?
Can you steer me in a direction?
thanks.