Q: My serpentine belt and A/C compressor are both broken. Which one caused the other to happen?
My serpentine belt is under warranty, but my a/c compressor, installed recently by someone else, broke and they are saying it broke the serpentine belt, therefore no warranty. Could the serpentine belt breaking have caused the a/c compressor to go bad instead of the other way around?
My car has an automatic transmission.
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