Q: Noises from the ac 2004 Saturn Vue

asked by on November 26, 2016

Will it hurt my car to drive it with a bad ac compressor while it is making noise from it will it causes it to lock up and break the belt

My car has 120000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.

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