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?

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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..

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.