Interesting. I've got an 03 Accord 4 cyl and the AC seems very good.
It was 90+ and humid over the fourth and we drove to a friend's house
about 250 miles away. We were very comfortable, the air coming out was
quite cold when the compressor cycled on.

I always assumed that there was a specific temp standard. I didn't
realize that it was relative standard, ie, 20 or 40 degrees below
ambient. I can't quite imagine why it would be that way. I would
assume the compressor cycles more frequently when it is cooler out,
but that it cycles at a specific condenser temperature regardless.
Apparently I'm wrong about that?


On Tue, 15 Jul 2003 01:08:45 +0000 (UTC),
dold@03XCivicXA.usenet.us.com wrote:

>Douglas Anderson <doug@douglasanderson.net> wrote:
>> Ok, 4 dr Civic LX, only 6000 miles. We have had the car for 7 months
>> and with the latest heat waves have observed the Air Conditioning
>> acting weird. I know Honda's are not known for cranking out the
>> coldest air, but that is not my complaint. Here is the situation, has
>
>The air coming out of the vents on my 2003 Civic Hybrid is very cold.
>Sometimes it is so cold I adjust the temperature to just a little cooler
>than the cabin temperature. The old spec used to be 20 degrees cooler
>coming out of the vent than ambient cabin temp. I haven't measured the new
>one.
>
>> Drive car (doesn't matter how long/fast)
>> A/C on, coldest temp, max fan speed, recirc mode
>
>There's that recirc mode again... different thread going on in the last
>week or so. You might search Google.
> Subject: Re: 2003 Accord Air Conditioning (A/C) stops working
> (blows hot) intermittently
>
>< http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=e...s.makers.honda >
>
>
>> accelerate to drive off from stop
>
>> -- Air begins to get warmer (not hot) and more humid (probably due to
>> warmer air hitting wet evaporator) --
>
>How hard are you accelerating? There is a full throttle cutout for the
>A/C, to allow better acceleration. Maybe your are hitting that.
>
>> This will repeat at every semi-long stop. I also have an 02 Accord
>
>Short stops don't do it? Sounds like it might be a vacuum leak.
>What about a long acceleration? Can you feel the effects of the cutout?
>I rarely do in my Civic, but I have felt it.
>
>> I think this is unacceptable, on a 90+ degree day outside this temp
>> rise is significant enough to be uncomfortable.