Q: Air conditioning works, but during longer trips it becomes weaker and weaker.
On longer trips, the air conditioning will begin to not keep the car cool, and I'll need to turn the fan higher and higher until I'm at max A/C. Once max A/C will no longer keep the car cool, I'll turn the A/C off, roll down the windows, and after a while, the A/C will be "recharged" and will again begin to push out cool air. Any idea what the problem is? Thanks!
My car has an automatic transmission.
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