Losing Your Cool (Why is My Air Conditioning System Not Working?)

March 10, 2024

When you turn on the air conditioning in your vehicle, you expect cool air to come out of the vents. You depend on it, especially in hot weather, but it can also be important in humid weather when you need it to help defrost your windows and windshield. The air conditioning system has a lot of p... More

Keep Your Cool in Royal Oak: Air Conditioning Services

January 21, 2024

Most Royal Oak drivers don't even think about their air conditioner. Now here's a tip for Royal Oak vehicle owners: Run your air conditioner every so often during Michigan winters. This circulates the lubricant to help keep the seals from drying out. The air conditioner actually removes some o... More

A Hot Mess (AC System-Compresser)

March 5, 2023

Air conditioning used to be a real luxury in a vehicle, but now it's standard in most. Your vehicle's air conditioning system is built to last a pretty long time, but like anything mechanical, sometimes it fails. It helps to know a little about how the A/C works. There's a compressor that press... More

Full of Hot Air (Air Conditioning)

November 6, 2022

In warm weather, you want to be in a cool vehicle. When we're talking cool, we don't mean stylish or trendy, but cool as in not sweltering inside. And if your vehicle's air conditioner stops working correctly, it seems to always break at the worst timeduring a heat wave. Automotive air conditio... More

To Fix or Not To Fix: That Is the Question.

July 31, 2022

No matter what vehicle you drive, when certain things break, you have to make a decision. Should I get it fixed now, later or never? Air conditioning is one of those things. You can certainly live without air conditioning, but it sure is nice to have on a sweltering day. Let's say your air con... More

Air Conditioning Service in Royal Oak

July 15, 2022

Hey Royal Oak! Let's talk about one of our Michigan summertime must-haves: your car A/C. It's real easy for Royal Oak drivers to take their car's air conditioner for granted. Just push the right buttons and out comes cool, dry, clean air. But your air conditioning system needs attention from time... More

Busted! Air Conditioning (Air Conditioning Maintenance)

April 24, 2022

Your vehicle's air conditioning is something you count on when the weather heats up. But there's bound to be a day when you turn it on and one of these things happens: Only warm air blows out Cold air starts blowing out but then it turns warm on its own It's not blowing air at all It blows smel... More

A Cold Day in Royal Oak ? Air Conditioning Service at Top Tech Auto Repair Royal Oak

November 1, 2020

Most Royal Oak drivers worry about a breakdown or a tire blowout on a busy Michigan highway, but don't worry too much about failure of their air conditioning system. A breakdown on the side of the road can be a miserable and dangerous affair during Royal Oak rush hour, but so can a long ride in ... More

Not So Cool (Air Conditioning Systems)

August 30, 2020

There's nothing quite like getting in your vehicle on a hot day, switching on the air conditioning and having warm air blow out of the vents. You may have had no problem for months and then, one day, you are driving around in a sauna. You're hot stuff, but not in a good way! So what goes wrong w... More

Automotive Tips from Top Tech Auto Repair Royal Oak: Making Your A/C System Last Longer

April 12, 2020

Royal Oak drivers know that if their air conditioning system isnt making cool air like it used to, there is a problem. It may be as simple as adding more of the right kind of refrigerant.Your A/C requires special compressor oil, which circulates through the system along with the refrigerant, to l... More