Honda Car Forum

The civic is a dx model with a standard transmission. The fluids are topped up and the radiator is working.

needs freon, more than likely. Your auto parts stores sell the kits so that you don't have to spend a fortune taking it in, you can just do it yourself, it is easy

It's not cooling or blowing hot - hotter than ambient temp? In the first case, the AC is simply not working which could be caused by many reasons from leaking refrigerant to a blown fuse. In the second case, it's the blend door control problem.

you need to have it recharged with freon...bring it to your local auto mechanic its like $89-125.

i had a 98 accord,and it happend to me,i took it to a mechanic and it tuned out to be that the Radiator wasnt working properly i had to change it,the car still works fine,......sometimes it can be from the A/C were you have to refill it with gas,take it to ur dealer or a mechanic for servicing they could find out in a few minutes

sounds like you need freon.

freeeeeeeeon is what you need. you should really do it every year.

This may sound silly but the first question is does the car have air conditioning? the 2001 DX did not come from the factory with air conditioning so if you are a new owner of the car you may be assuming it has air conditioning when it doesn't. There was a dealer installed accessory air conditioning kit so it may in fact have air, but I just have to ask.as for the problem of a system blowing hot assuming you do have air conditioning, you will need to have a dealer or air conditioning shop start with a refrigerant service. This car does not use "Freon". It has refrigerant R-134a, so don't 'go to the parts store and buy freon". R-134a must be recaptured, cleaned and recycled using specialized equipment, so take it to someone who knows what they're doing. It would be unusual for the problem to be simply 'low refrigerant' because R-134a systems have barrier hoses to prevent a loss of the gas as was more common on the older R-12 (freon) systems. If the system is blowing hot and there is no refrigerant, the technician will have to leak test the system to find out where the refrigerant is escaping from. This isn't something you can do at home.hope that helps.