My AC quit working today with no warning. I went to a local AC shop and was told that it was a bad clutch on the compressor. Shop owner said the 06 & 07 were bad about going out. Got a quote of $550 to replace the clutch or $950 to replace with a new compressor.

I'm thing about getting a couple more quotes.

 

If the clutch coil failed in a manner to get hot (meltdown....common) I would go with the compressor. The front seal doesn't like to get that hot.

 

That clutch price seems a bit high, even including labor. I just looked it up on Advance Auto Parts' web site and see that while they do not seem to carry just the clutch, the entire compressor, with 2 year warranty, is only 437.98, if you have an HS18 compressor. Do you know what compressor you have?

Chris

 

Get a second opinion could be as simple as low freon or a switch if it is the coil like stated make sure it didn't cook the seal

 

I got a second opioion from another ac repair shop and they said it is the compressor. They checked all of the sensors and switches and there price was $800 for replacement of the compressor with a one year warranty.

 

Amazes me that a fairly new truck would need that , seems like all the new stuff is made to fail I lost the A/C comp on my Honda at 97.000 ,ex wife lost
hers on her 08 honda at 56,000 and the gal next door lost hers in her honda at 90,000 . my 90 CTD is still going and blowing

 

I ran into this last year when mine failed........You can buy a comp w/clutch, a comp w/o clutch, but not just the clutch. Made no sense to me. Only available from Chrysler........

 

if you have not bought one yet. you can get them at autozone fir like 200 bucks.