AC blowing warm

Code 23 is an unexpected status from the refrigerant pressure switch if I remember correctly. Usual cause is a refrigerant leak.

Unless you are already tooled up for hybrid HVAC stuff there is unlikely to be anything else you can do at home. You could verify the pressure switch output with a meter I guess, but everything after that is better left to a pro.

 

If you can find somebody in the parking lot of a Walmart or an auto parts store that's putting Freon in their car in the parking lot with one of those big black cans with a pressure gauge on top of it after they get done putting the gas in their car and maybe they've emptied out most of the refrigerant you can use that gauge on the fat silver tube which is marked with a gray cap that says l meaning that is the low pressure side of the HVAC system of the car when you push the gauge and tube of that black can onto your low side fitting and the air conditioner is not running you're looking for right near 100 lb that'll be at the top of the gauge in the red area Do you see that You push the Walmart gauge from the can onto your low pressure tube and then the gauge goes sky high to the red or even almost off the scale which will be about 100 lb If that's the case now turn your car on with the gauge still connected put the air conditioner on full blast and the temperature on LO no numbers and the yellow line over the AC letters on the MFD when you do that hopefully you have a friend that will do that The minute he pushes the button for the air conditioning to have a yellow line above the letters AC on your MFD you should hear the compressor start turning You can put your hand on it to verify it and the minute that compressor starts turning you should see that gauge move from the red down below the green You can literally watch the gauge go from 90 70 60 40 at the green and down into the 20s almost at that time you should be able to put your hand on the fat silver tube that your gauge tube is connected to and that should start to be getting cold has any of this happened? If you see the gauge move as described the compressor is moving the freon and is created a low and high side now that the compressor is on The gauge should slowly rise up to around the green level which is between 30 and 40 on the low side generally the refrigeration cycle is taking place at those pressure readings and the low side tube should start to be getting noticeably colder than it is outside your hands should be feeling cold If this is not happening then problems are probably beyond your capability at the present time.

 

Fill it until the sight glass gets almost clear while it's running at the near 40 lb pressure on the low side and making cold and then see how many days that takes to leak out to where the compressor doesn't start anymore should be about 3 or 4 days

 

No, that definitely did not happen.

That definitely happened. The fix therefore is to find the leak and repair it then recharge it.

 

Lots of auto AC places can handle hybrids now. The important thing is that they have a separate set of tools for hybrid cars.

These systems are extremely sensitive to refrigerant level. If you don't get the fill within a few grams of the target, you don't get much cold and there is risk of the compressor damaging itself.

So first, get the leak fixed. Then get it evacuated/dried and proven to hold tight. Then pay somebody to give it a very exact fill.

Also beware, there are a lot of counterfeit parts out there. We've already seen/read about knockoff condensers that don't have as many fins per inch, and it winds up making a big difference when the mercury hits triple digits.

 

Run your hand under the bottom of your compressor or if you have the luxury of having a lift raise the car and look at the bottom of the compressor there is a relief valve on the bottom of a lot of these

Like I said on the bottom of the compressor run your hand down there is the green now on your hand The thing might have been filled too much and blew out the overflow by somebody not knowing how to fill the system so that would put the green leak like on the front edge of the car on the passenger side That's where the compressor is I'm just saying if you can park the car back in the same place you can look and see where the stuff is coming from the green and roll the car up on ramps and find it yourself delete that is I mean it's got to be right there in the engine compartment firewall area that doesn't really go anywhere else It's a very short system from the compressor to the firewall the metal hoses and all this not terrifically long runs.

That would be great if it's all outside of the cabin chalk one up for the team I guess easy fix no matter what it is if it's under the hood once you're behind that dashboard the car's almost not worth it It's a labor of love for sure.