I just spent some hefty amount of money for my car compressor+condenser replacement today. My car air conditioner compressor decided to end its life last week after 8 years serving us. Is it normal for car air conditioner compressor to die on you that early? I was expecting it to last at least for 15 years

How long did you car air conditioner compressor last before it died?

Did you service the compressor every 2 years?

I only sent my car to SC. I just let them do whatever preventive maintenance they recommended.

Need to service at least once every year or 2 years..mine still running strong after 14 years..

has a national brand air cons, bought in 1990, finally kaput in 2018, ya thats the most reliable I ever had. In a way thats freaking 30 years. Not sure u guys realise National brand back then was crazily reliable

This post has been edited by kkk8787: May 12 2020, 10:10 PM

what car first?

Most probably magnetic clutch dead
But ur friendly mechanic encourage u to change new

I think there was a recommended schedule for servicing for every xxxxxkm interval, but it was never highlighted during the service.

Corolla

Probably. But SC seldom repair magnetic clutch from what I read in the internet.

How much change

SC generally not responsible for periodic maintenance of A/C (replacing compressor oil etc). some offer this for a small fee.

Over here we don’t mention price, otherwise later knea bash

They do have aircond servicing package, but they never pushed/market that to the customer. I guess next time I have to follow their PM interval schedule and ask for it when the times come.

My wife’s old myvi SE 2008 AC compressor went kaput after 6 years of ownership.

First time magnetic clutch went out on 2012.
Then twice on 2014.
Decided to replace the old compressor to Denso brand.

Running good till now.

Mitsubishi.. More than 10 years, still running

i still have saga 2008 which compressor still in use without change any oil from compressor till now.

LOL I thought house ac compressor

Yeah I missed the car part and don’t know how to edit the title

8 years is not early dude. And dont compare ur car with ur neighbourhood. His compressor last 15 years but he doing short distance travel only..

While u always doing long distance trip and do karak trip often. Long distance trip will shorten the compressor lifespan since workload is higher compare to town driving.

Very subjective. Lifespan depend on usage. However nothing beats the old Wira aircon ... the best.

How did you know I did passed karak highway often? You’re a psychic?

I guess you and the guy above was right. Should measure in operating hours or km to get a more precise statistic.

But my old wira compressor also kong at 7 years of ownership.

This post has been edited by blanket84: May 12 2020, 11:06 PM

No need lor. Send denso outside much cheaper. Just service every 18 months. I just send my car a day b4 mco on 17mac. Total damage is rm375. 3 years b4, change my compressor at denso also. 6 years usage kaput already. Maintain 140kmh all the time and long distance frequently make my car compressor kaput at year 6th. Lol.

So u passed karak a lot or not?. I just guessed.lol

As I passed karak a lot, my kompressor kong fast on year 6th. Seems like not logical, but a few car aircond shop told me the same. Small cc, long distance, a bit fast cruising speed, all contribute to lifespan of compressor since it put a lot of stress on compressor.

This post has been edited by DM52: May 12 2020, 11:09 PM

Two words. See luck.

Some use 3 years kong. Some use more than 20 years still going strong.

Denso still provide servicing? I read last time they stop providing air cond servicing already. Only parts. Or maybe that is only applicable to their Glenmarie branch.

I guess doing long distance often is a contributing factor to the short lifespan of some aircond compressors What car you owned that compressor died on 6th year?

Not so often lah. Minimum 2x a year for balik kampung (to kelantan) + 3/4 business trip to east coast.

But I always travel to penang or johor at least once a month.

Yeah they still operate.

What car I owned?. Honda city. Maybe 1500cc not enough to climb fast2 karak without put a lot of stress on car component. Btw, that is only major problem with city.

My accord on the other hand 8 years, compressor still running fine, but hydraulic power steering is culprit. Way more expensive than compressor. If got choice, better compressor kaput than power steering kaput.

My satria compressor is still original

Changed radiator, condenser and fan

Satria mileage now is 600k

if my old bm, lasted 10yrs!!
honda, almost 8yrs... still ok, but ada bunyi bearing sikit.
estima, still ok after 2yrs+


This post has been edited by burn22: May 12 2020, 11:42 PM

Shit, I voted before I see car
Car kaput very fast, all my cars 2-3 years only

How do you know compressor? Sometimes gas leak at valve only. They dont like cheap solution, small profit.

Almost return trip the Moon already your Satria. Powerrr

Maybe smaller CC car running at higher RPM stressing the compressor more than higher CC car.

I thought compressor is one the most expensive component in the car bar the engine and gearbox. Now I’m worried since you mentioned the power steering since my brother in laws car need to change its EPS at 11th year. Another 3 years to go..

You’re lucky. My wira SE kaput on 7th year at around 130k mileage.

What about mileage? Since you have so many cars I guess it spreads evenly across those cars?

I guess most people only read headlines, draw conclusion, then only check back the content

No wonder so many lasted more than 10 years. Home aircond only rosak capacitor, seldom the compressor itself.

Gas full. Compressor not running/not pressurizing. I guess they would have diagnosed it before making any conclusion. 2 years back I changed cooling coil, they didn’t jumped into conclusion that compressor rosak that time, so I pretty much trust their honesty in doing their diagnosis.

Ok then. Almost connect for me, endup I buy whole gas tank refill at home when necessary. Tiny leak they say so I topup every 3 months save money also.

TS fault, should put car aircon.

Eps is newer types of power steering and very durable one. Hydraulic is old types and many car manufacturer already move to eps. Hydraulic is very problematic. Even preve and suprima got problem because is hydraulic type. Eps can go more than 10years.

9 years almost into 10 years, on the variable displacement compressor of my ford focus. Never been serviced, never been regas, driven everyday like a mad man, almost 200k, still blowing ice cold.

My old car did not service air cond for 8 years.
And then kaput.
I purposely not allow the servicing because once the mechanic touch the tubing, it is more likely to crack/leak.

If you service the air cond periodically.
How much extension do you get?
Is the extension good enough to cover the cost of periodic maintenance?

In the end, things still need to be replaced.

brought my old acc to new house coz its so reliable that we put it in our +1 room

been using since 1970s

more than 10 years, never do maintenance and still boleh pakai...

maybe luck?

8 years old accord should be the pondana model right? That one using hydraulic not EPS? My brother in law’s car was a 2004 corolla. Maybe I did assume it uses EPS not hydraulic, I’m not so sure now

According to the small sample here, it’s 50-50 luck to be able to survive beyond 10 years..

Lets see how long it will last, so far this ford haven't let me down, drive shaft / wheel bearing / alternator still the original haven't been replace before and still in good condition. Only change engine oil / dct oil / filter / power steering oil / shock absorber / lower arm.

That's why national closed shop oledi

SC sell u new one, take the faulty unit and sell to outside workshop, workshop rebuild and sell again

Mana ada like that brother. SC always give you back the faulty unit, unless when they change it for free during warranty period, at least that is the practice in Toyota SC Shah Alam.

Well it is Panasonic now

my kelisa year 2003 still using the original air compressor that it came with

other cars, vios 5 years and second set had been 10 years and still working fine

Compressor service cost around 200. If you skip it, depends on your luck la. Can last 8 years, can also kaput within 5 years. Sometimes compressor still ok but cooling coil broke and leak because of it, will cost around 1k to fix everything.

how do they service aircond and compressor? Does service center usually service it when it's periodic car service?

It depends how is the service.

If cabut coil out to wash and refill gas, it will damage even faster than not service it at all.

SC officially do not service a/c...they don't even have a specialist who do a/c servicing or repair

so the question is still, do u service your a/c religiously?
if u don't thn don't put your expectation too high when it fail because the owner fail to service it to prolong it's lifespan

20+ years used York aircon, was already used for 3-4 years before.

This year lots of leaking and creaking even after full service.
Had to suck it up bad and buy new unit, blower & compressor pair.

service center do not service a/c nor they have a special guy there that service/repair a/c
if they did, it would also reflect at your bill as well which u will never see

the owner needs to take care of it themselves


many EPS especially p2's EPS have problem within the 1st few years
and EPS being electronic, that itself is a problem when u have problem with electricity...it's gonna jam and stop working
whereas hydraulic will not be interfere by electricity because it's not electronic...so even if the engine died or battery died, it can still turn perfectly

That what I worried.

I never service car air cond.
The moment they cabit everything, sure got problem later on.

The question all this maintenance might not give that much of extra year compared to No-Service.