Q: There was a temperature change in my car.
Recently, I've noticed that my the AC in my car does not produce as much cold air as it used to. When I set to the AC to the lowest temperature (64F) the AC seems to work fine. But as soon as I turn the air up, the AC switches from cold air to immediate hot air. It used to blow out cool air until I hit the half way temperature (72F) and then it switched to warm air. Today i noticed that the car blows out cold air at the lowest temperature and then as soon as I increase the temperature, warm air comes out, way before I even hit the 72F mark. Should I be concerned?
My car has 106200 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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