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Air Conditioning dead.

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by Peter Fanelli, Mar 30, 2018.

  1. Peter Fanelli

    Peter Fanelli Junior Member

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    My air conditioning has been dead since the day I had a inverter coolant pump failure. The ventilation system works as it should but it seems the compressor is not running. Is it possible that that part of the inverter is fried?
     
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    yes, possible. Firs thing I'd do is check fuses. No more codes/trouble lights? And you have successfully completed inverter repairs, correct? If not, the a/c compressor operation is automatically stopped since it is supplied by the HV side of the system which includes the inverter.
     
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    Is your inverter pump fixed?
     
  4. Peter Fanelli

    Peter Fanelli Junior Member

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    Yes, replaced the inverter pump and AM2 fuse and it came back to life apart from the A/C compressor. Been driving it for about 6 months since then but now the weather is starting to warm up so I'd like to be ready for the heat. If I can't get the A/C working again I'll probably retire it as it has 440,000 miles on it. (work car)