Q: A/C only blows occasionally and only on high

asked by on October 19, 2016

My a/c system will only blow on high setting and it will only blow out of my passenger side vents. Also sometimes it will not blow and ill have to bang on the fan itself to get it to start blowing only on high. What could be the issue? Thanks, Brandon

My car has 187000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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