i got into a accident with my 2002 ford tarus ses. the damage to the car was the front passenger side to the car i realigned ever thing an have it put back together but my Ac compressor keeps sticking. i got a new belt put on an it spins for 3 secs then sticks then spins for 3 secs an sticks. i unplugged the control going into it. any suggestion the help make it spin?

 

Without being there to look at it, one of the following could be the cause; bent pulley ,seized pulley bearing, bent internal shaft. Probably best solution would be to just replace the compressor. If you remove the belt and try to spin the pulley , that should tell which possibility it was.

 

I may be reading this post wrong, but your concern is the compressor isn't turning enough? Cycling ON/Off rapidly.

Or, NO A/C Defrost commanded/selected and it's dragging the compressor clutch? If the first option, sounds like the compressor is cycling because of a low/insufficient charge. If the system was damaged because of the wreck, and the system has bled off, it will cycle the compressor rapidly.

Being you unplugged the compressor connector (?), and it corrected the 'spin' issue, sounds like its a system charge problem. If the clutch was dragging because of a damaged compressor, uplugging shouldn't have corrected the problem.

Or, is it slipping the belt. Can you be a bit more clear on whats happening..

 

i have unplugged the connector i took the old belt off an i could spin the pulley by hand. i bought a new belt an put that one on. when i got into the accident defrost was on but i have not seen any leaks of any sorts

 

So,, the A/C clutch is just locking up (ON/OFF) every few seconds?

If so, then you've lost/loosing refrigerant charge. A normal function if the sytem is low. Unless it was a larger leak, you don't always see a leak point. Sometimes the A/C system lube oil circulating with the refrigerant charge will leak out, but not always really visable. Kinda like a slow leak in a tire. Doesn't matter that the Defrost was ON, but the A/C compressor will run in both A/C and Defrost modes. In Defrost, the A/C compressor runs to dehumidify the incoming air..

 

i am to facing the same problem please help me also guys..........