Q: Hi Khoa.

asked by on April 30, 2017

Hi Khoa.I have problem with my car's AC.It has just happend since last Friday.My problem is the AC doesn't work well sometimes.It seems like under my control. For example,when I turned the AC on, sometimes there was no cool air coming out.Later on ,ramdomly it worked back. When I gave up this problem, I turned it off ,the air blowed out.Can you tell me what going on with my car? Thanks

My car has 69000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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