Get the latest advice about your car

Get Started
Advice » Q&A » 2002 Mazda Protege5

Q&A

Ask Your Question

2002 Mazda Protege5

Question: air conditioner problems

Question

brn2bwld, 2.0L 4 Cylinder, Charlotte, NC, June 28, 2010, 14:12
Profile_thumbnail
 Rookie

Our air conditioner stopped blowing cold air. It does it very rarely and thats only for a few minutes. I tried to recharge it and that didnt work. Then i was told about a a/c filter that might need to be replaced. Anyone know where that is? Or has anyone had the same problem and could help?

2 Answers
Answer It
Flag This

  • Answer #1

    Visitor, August 06, 2010, 12:52

    The answer is probably not just a filter. There was an issue with the AC Control Module for the Protege5 that was not actually fixed until cars that were produced after Dec 2, 2002. Common traits for this are, the AC will work fine on some settings, but light will go off and, although fan is blowing, stops being cold on some settings. This will progress to where the light will not come on for some fan speeds at all, and progress through the different speeds. Google for 02 Protege5 air conditioner and look at some of the blogs. Lots of info for possible fixes outside spending $500 to having it replaced.

    Reply
    Flag This
  • Medium-star Best Answer
    Visitor, August 23, 2010, 14:43

    The problem is electrical. if you take the fan speed nob off and then take the power connector off of that you will see that it is probably burnt out and is not making contact anymore, it is a problem with most P5's but easily fixed.

    Reply
    Flag This
Answer Ranks

This week's top 10

1 globalhelper 6 carpetvan2
2 raiderron 7 Merrimack Auto
3 csubak30 8 2004toycam
4 jose8889 9 Collins Auto
5 milesauto 10 Camster