Q: Air conditioner

asked by on August 18, 2017

I got my Ridgeline on Monday and by Friday the air conditioner was not working. I took it to the dealer and they told me a rock had punctured the condenser. I would like to know how long it could take for everything to leak out so that it would not blow cold air ?

My car has 300 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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