Q: Air conditioning not getting cool

asked by on January 30, 2016

The car heater works, but the air conditioning doesn't get cool. Also one of the torque bolts fell out of the torque converter. Now when I put the car into gear, it jerks. I also can't get my cruise control to work, and when I adjust my mirrors, the buttons sometimes don't work.

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