Diagnosing Nissan HVAC Issues
Diagnosing Nissan HVAC Issues
Diagnosing Nissan HVAC Issues
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and confirm compressor IPDM assembly. • Check for continuity
operation. • Check fuse in IPDM (exact between front air control
• Check circuit continuity location and amperage and BCM harness
between AC relay in IPDM rating specified in service connections.
and AC compressor. manual). If everything checks
Be aware that in some • Check for COMPRESSOR out OK up to this point,
models, individual relays ON signal leaving the front there may be a CAN
are not sold separately, air control connector communications error.
and are intrinsic to the when AC button is cycled. The CONSULT III plus can
perform Local Area Network
(LAN) testing. Perform an
all-systems check, then
click the CAN support
monitor tab. Check for
communications between
BCM to ECM, and between
ECM to IPDM.
It may seem heavy-handed
to do all the testing outlined
above, but it would be a
real bummer to mistakenly
replace a compressor
assembly when the
problem is control-related.
The purpose of the above
testing is to ensure that
Testing the AC Compressor relay. Meter set to resistance. the compressor ON signal
Check for continuity from AC compressor connector terminal 1 is capable of reaching the
(TS) to terminal 48 of the IPDM harness connector viewed from compressor magnet clutch,
harness side (HS). and once there, the clutch
can cycle on.