Rx 400h Air Conditioner, Problems With Air Conditioning
We have owned our 400h for 1 month with no complaints. Except, we noticed that the air conditioning was only blowing cold air on the passenger side of the vehicle. When I took it to the service department they informed me (a couple of days later) that there was a manufactoring defect on the hoses for the AC. This defect allows for the AC to be blocked on the drivers side. The service rep informed me that this has happened on at least 4 other vehicles thus far and the part has to come from Japan, which could take up to 2 weeks. Has anyone else experienced this problem? I ahve a loaner but feel kind of jipped b/c I am still making payments on the out of service vehicle. Any suggestions?
Answer:
Welcome to the "2-week Club". That's how long we had to wait for a bumper cover to arrive from Japan. My advice is to drive your RX until the part comes in. Sitting there at the dealership does it more harm than good. The oils and coolants need to be cirulated and the batteries, charged-up. If I had known in the beginning that there was a two week wait, I'd have never left our RX at the collision center. Regarding air conditioning, I believe ours is working the way it should.