Passenger side A/C cold, driver side not so much

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Care, Maintenance and Troubleshooting' started by djlee29, Aug 11, 2009.

  1. djlee29

    djlee29 New Member

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    I've been experiencing a strange phenomenon with my A/C for about 3 months now. When all vents are open, the passenger side blows cold air, but driver's side vents are blowing warm.

    However when I close the two passenger side vents, the driver's side blows cold air! Has anyone ever experienced anything similar? I haven't checked the refrigerant levels, but am assuming this isn't the issue since the car is able to blow cold air from one side at least.

    Any help/advice would be much appreciated!
     
    #1 djlee29, Aug 11, 2009
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    mine are pretty balanced...
     
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    Does it seem to be low on the amount of air it puts out?
    If so you might wanna check the cabin air filter.
     
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    I am experiencing the same issues. Passenger side blows cold and the drivers side blows warm. When you're sitting in the front passenger seat you'll get cold. But everywhere else in the car you'll never get cool. Its quite annoying. And I broke the passenger vents after taking apart the dash to fix the combination meter problem so there's no closing them to make the drivers side cold.

    Did you ever figure out this problem?
     
    #4 Skippy214, Sep 11, 2019
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    She hasn’t been on the site for over 10 years so I’m gonna guess she’s not going to answer. Perhaps someone else will.
     
    #5 Skibob, Sep 11, 2019
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