Q: I have a 2002 Ford Escape V6 sometimes ac blows cold at idle then blows warm when moving sometimes it works the opposite

asked by on July 07, 2017

my Ac blows at idle then blows warm when moving sometimes it blow when moving and warm at idle sometimes not at all

My car has 122435 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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