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Old Sep 26, 2014 | 08:51 AM
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Hello my ac stopped blowing cold, so I ran a diagnosis on the system as the manual says. I got a blinking 13, looked more on this forum and found out that it's called a "evaporator temperature sensor" or "thermestor" as the lexus dealer knows it by, the part was 20$ and I found where it's at but can't seem to get the darn thing out :/ . Any help is appreciated!
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Old Sep 26, 2014 | 08:53 AM
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This is where the part is at on the driver side
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Old Sep 26, 2014 | 08:55 AM
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A closer veiw it's just that little black piece.
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Old Sep 27, 2014 | 10:41 PM
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I kindly asked for some help about my ac not getting cold and I seem to be getting ignored that's fine but could someone at least say "we font know or we don't want to help" 😑
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Old Sep 28, 2014 | 12:27 AM
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Originally Posted by AnthonyMtz
I kindly asked for some help about my ac not getting cold and I seem to be getting ignored that's fine but could someone at least say "we font know or we don't want to help" 😑
If you spent any time at all reading this forum you would know it has many knowledgable folks who generously share their time and expertise to help all who seek help. If you get no response, you can safely assume it is because people do not know the answer to your question.
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Old Sep 28, 2014 | 12:31 AM
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Freon? Ac refill?
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Old Sep 28, 2014 | 01:10 AM
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Sorry if u sounded rude I was a bit frustrated, anyhow it's my evap temperature sensor I have it in one of my posts from a couple days ago under ac help it's located on the driver side evaporator housing, I just can't seem to pull it out
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Old Sep 28, 2014 | 06:47 AM
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I don't know about getting that out. My a/c just started acting up yesterday. The compressor seems to be turning on, and it has freon. I can feel a tiny bit of cold air through the vents. I'm thinking that it is the a/c blower motor that is out.
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Old Sep 28, 2014 | 07:16 PM
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[=sf4 6;8729537]I don't know about getting that out. My a/c just started acting up yesterday. The compressor seems to be turning on, and it has freon. I can feel a tiny bit of cold air through the vents. I'm thinking that it is the a/c blower motor that is out.[/QUOTE]

Yea bro it's your blower motor same thing happened to me, what I did to check it to make sure it was 100% the blowe motor I took it out got a couple alligator clips and connected it directly to the battery and tested it, good luck
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Old Sep 29, 2014 | 05:55 AM
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Could be the blower speed resister pack is bad.
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Old Sep 29, 2014 | 06:34 AM
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I was in California for the past 3 days so i didn't have access to the service manual.

See if this helps:


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Old Sep 29, 2014 | 02:21 PM
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Thank you so much hypervish!!!! Got that sucker out and working, I don't know how much I can thank you for this! Your a life saver!
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Old Sep 29, 2014 | 02:24 PM
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You're welcome! Glad to hear you got it out!
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Old Oct 6, 2014 | 10:29 AM
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Originally Posted by AnthonyMtz
[=sf4 6;8729537]I don't know about getting that out. My a/c just started acting up yesterday. The compressor seems to be turning on, and it has freon. I can feel a tiny bit of cold air through the vents. I'm thinking that it is the a/c blower motor that is out.
Yea bro it's your blower motor same thing happened to me, what I did to check it to make sure it was 100% the blowe motor I took it out got a couple alligator clips and connected it directly to the battery and tested it, good luck [/QUOTE]

That's kind of what I was planning to do, but didn't know if that would be a good idea. I'll definitely try that out. What source do you guys recommend for buying the blower motor?
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Old Oct 6, 2014 | 09:36 PM
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Originally Posted by sf46
Yea bro it's your blower motor same thing happened to me, what I did to check it to make sure it was 100% the blowe motor I took it out got a couple alligator clips and connected it directly to the battery and tested it, good luck
That's kind of what I was planning to do, but didn't know if that would be a good idea. I'll definitely try that out. What source do you guys recommend for buying the blower motor?[/QUOTE]

I would strongly suggest denso for the part a few of them on ebay for a decent price. I got one a few weeks ago from this company called 4 seasons and the fan was complete crap it was 50$ new but had to send it back cause it was making a terrible whirling noise
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