2017 Civic Air Conditioning

[anushax]

Hi Guys,

Need a little help here. I just imported 10th gen civic 1.0l hatchback, and it seems to be blowing hot air. No matter what setting I use, it continuously blowing hot air. Is there a setting I can turn it off, or can it be a mechanical problem? 

 

[pug306xsi]

I thought when a friend said the R1234yf gas is 70k to refill he was bluffing... wow...?

[RWD]

Chiming in here the AC in my 2018 Civic Hatch stopped cooling as well. Turned out the condenser had massive leaks in multiple places. Car had only done 5000 Kms. Got a new condenser and had to refill R1234yf gas. Total cost 130K!!

Seems to be an inherent problem with inferior materials used on the condenser. A quick search says that this is a common issue. Also as the car is low to the ground and has a front grille that has large openings the condenser can be prone to debris damage.

May be worthwhile for anyone buying a new civic to get this checked out before taking delivery from your importer.

 

 

 

Edited April 25, 2019 by RWD

[matroska]

On 4/25/2019 at 10:09 AM, RWD said:

Chiming in here the AC in my 2018 Civic Hatch stopped cooling as well. Turned out the condenser had massive leaks in multiple places. Car had only done 5000 Kms. Got a new condenser and had to refill R1234yf gas. Total cost 130K!!

Seems to be an inherent problem with inferior materials used on the condenser. A quick search says that this is a common issue. Also as the car is low to the ground and has a front grille that has large openings the condenser can be prone to debris damage.

May be worthwhile for anyone buying a new civic to get this checked out before taking delivery from your importer.

 

 

 

Did you buy the car at 0 mileage? if not  would it be possible that the car was damaged upon import or is it as you mentioned due to debris damage while driving locally? 

[RWD]

4 minutes ago, matroska said:

Did you buy the car at 0 mileage? if not  would it be possible that the car was damaged upon import or is it as you mentioned due to debris damage while driving locally? 

Yes 0 mileage and no signs the car was involved any crashes or anything.  I find it hard to believe there was debris damage locally. I did a couple of expressway runs but the car is primarily driven in bumper to bumper Colombo traffic and its not like we hit very high speeds in Sri Lanka. I too drive like a grandma and never exceed the speed limit.

I have escalated it to my importer but it came with a limited warranty so I have my doubts they will assist. But there is no way a condenser should pack up so early. The AC repair guys said a whole bunch of Civics have come in recently for the same problems so it sounds like a QC issue.

[tbird]

On 1/3/2020 at 9:53 AM, kush said:

 

 

Edited January 6, 2020 by tbird

[Rukman]

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Posted April 25, 2019 (edited)

Chiming in here the AC in my 2018 Civic Hatch stopped cooling as well. Turned out the condenser had massive leaks in multiple places. Car had only done 5000 Kms. Got a new condenser and had to refill R1234yf gas. Total cost 130K!!

Seems to be an inherent problem with inferior materials used on the condenser. A quick search says that this is a common issue. Also as the car is low to the ground and has a front grille that has large openings the condenser can be prone to debris damage.

May be worthwhile for anyone buying a new civic to get this checked out before taking delivery from your importer.

Could u please let me know where u did the repair 

[Twin Turbo]

Hi, upload a pic of A/c control panel with the system running.

[civicnk]

On 2/20/2019 at 6:56 PM, anushax said:

hello guys. Thanks for the help. I got it resolved but in the hard way. I'm posting it here so someone else would find it helpful. 

Actually I went to sta**rd, and they said, there was no gas. Since they does not have R1234-yf gas with them, I went to media*a*r at peliyagoda. They checked the system and said, condenser has leaks and need to be replaced. condenser itself costs around 55k. what they have is Thailand made condenser and there seems to be no other option as agents does not have any of it. Also gas is not cheap either. They quote 65k. Also they said even some other brandnew(since mine is recon from UK) civics came with the same issue, and it seems to be a factory fault/ o(or climate issue). There were no signs of crash or any sort of thing, but condenser had leaks somehow. 

Hi Anushax. can you give me a contact no and the name of this place you get the repair done. Mine also has the same issue I guess as now the cool is not there at all. 

[Goro]

Having the same issue here. Civic 2018 only 11000km on the clock. I saw in another thread @misnad  has managed to get his condenser replaced and R1234yf pumped for around 70k. Where did you guys get it done for 130K? was it agent?

Edited June 15, 2020 by Goro

[RWD]

21 hours ago, Goro said:

Having the same issue here. Civic 2018 only 11000km on the clock. I saw in another thread @misnad  has managed to get his condenser replaced and R1234yf pumped for around 70k. Where did you guys get it done for 130K? was it agent?

130k was at Modern A*r Peliyagoda. This place was referred to me by the agent because they didn't have parts at the time

[Bakstrit]

 

My air conditioner also sometimes gives out the wrong setting that I set it. It happened that instead of cold air, it gives out warm, and instead of warm cold. As always, I tried to fix it myself, but in the end I only made it worse. I had to call the masters from https://www.socool.sg/. They fixed it and everything worked well. When I saved up a new air conditioner, there were also knocked down settings, called them again. In general, always buy good air conditioners, so that you do not have to worry about their settings and do not call the masters once again. Good luck to you and your air conditioner LOL.

Edited May 31, 2021 by Bakstrit

[tilvin]

On 4/25/2019 at 10:09 AM, RWD said:

Got a new condenser and had to refill R1234yf gas. Total cost 130K!!

May be due to this our mechs are advising buyers to buy Toyota Gorillas....?. Who knows.....???