Q: The a/c is not working right.
The air gets cold but the problem is that it only works when the window is down and if we stop the air stops too we don't know what could be the problem but I need to fix it because I have a baby and it gets hot in my car
My car has 167000 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.
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