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Can You Drive A Car Without The Ac Compressor

Posted in Air Conditioning | Asked on Jan 9, 2012
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My 2001 nissan maxima ac compressor has froze up and broke the belt, can I take the ac compressor off and replace the belt and still drive the car.

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There are 7 Answers for "Can You Drive A Car Without The Ac Compressor"

  1. Menard K says:

    As long as all of the other accessories are be run from the engine
    like water pump & alternator … NO problem …

  2. Stingray says:

    Or never turn the A/C on

  3. Niktar Hossain says:

    In theory it is possible to drive your car without using the clutch. However, this could damage your cars gearbox in the long run. So its probably best to pull over and wait to be towed.

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  4. Grizz says:

    Hi

    In a word, YES, but you’ll have to get a shorter belt so that it can be tensioned correctly with the compressor out of the equation, as you still need to run the alternator etc…

    Very best regards

    Geordie

  5. Mary says:

    When I was finishing law school and flat broke, my car’s cruise control broke, as did the AC compressor and several other non-essential things. I repaired what was critical — brakes, exhaust pipe, etc. — and just drove the car. (I am glad that the heater waited to go kablooey until March, though, since I was north of Chicago!) After I got my first job and had a couple of months of salary I had the non-essentials repaired. It was just fine.

    I do suggest, though, that you contact a Nissan dealership to ask about your particular model! My Pontiac was just fine with “benign neglect” of non-essentials. Nissans might be different.

  6. Bluto B says:

    If you can
    Run all other pulleys with a belt
    Determine the length of the new shorter belt
    Then yes but because this is probably a serpentine belt with a spring tensioner it is highly unlikely.

  7. Dustin says:

    Wow…everyone assuming and nobody knows. ANY car that has ac, you can find a belt for….call autozone or any autoparts store and tell them you need an AC BYPASS BELT. It will be just the right length to bypass your ac totally…but pay attention to your belt routing diagram and make VERY SURE than you are on the water pump right or you could do a LOT of damage.