Q: Ac problems

asked by on August 02, 2016

Hello my ac just stopped working both fans still run in high and low settings like they should even with motor off but the clutch isnt engaging I've checked the fuse above the battery and the ones in the fuse boxes any ideas on how to fix this

My car has 130000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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