Air-con Stuffed ?

[Talkbet]

I bought my IS200 last November and so (foolishly) have never used the air-con, switched it on for the first time on Saturday and despite going for a good run, made absolutely no difference, air coming out of vents was still warm despite me pushing the temperature right round to its furthest point. I've had cars with air-con before, on other cars I can normally hear when the air-con is switched on by a change in the engine noise but on my Lexus, nothing, the light comes on but thats it.

Car is still under warranty so I can take it back to get it looked at but just posting here to check that I'm not doing anything wrong or if there is anything I can check first ?

Thanks all

Jon

[Steve]

sounds like it needs regassing

[Talkbet]

Just wondering (in case theres any problem with the warranty), roughly how much would it cost to get 'regassed' ?

Thanks

Jon

[ColinBarber]

A re-gas is under £100 but you will also need to find out why it has lost pressure in the first place.

[PhilWebster]

Just wondering (in case theres any problem with the warranty), roughly how much would it cost to get 'regassed' ?

Thanks

Jon

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Had My Air con Serviced at Lexus (Birmingham) earlier in the month.should have been £100 with Gold Member Discount only cost me £80 :D

[Steve ( West Mids )]

I take it you have direction abd fan on auto and temperature at minimum ( about 15 degrees ) ?

[Talkbet]

Steve - yeah all that, just wondering though if there was anything daft i wasn't doing or whether there was something common on Lexus's that caused this.

Thanks for the replies all, will hopefully get it sorted under warranty although looking at the weather, there's no rush now :D

Jon

[Kendo_Master]

A little off topic, but shouldn't you run the A/C for 30mins every week? I hear alot of people say this and not sure if its mentioned in the manual. If ir is, may effect the warrenty if you have not run the A/C for months.

[Mr Morse]

I think the recommendation is to run the AC for 10 mins a week, keeps the seals lubricated which are one of the main points of failure.

Apparently (can't remember where I read it), Lexus AC's are one of the more problematic systems