Having the same problems as everyone else. The air conditioner works when it wants to. I did buy the extended warranty, thank goodness! The air quit all together about a week and a half ago. I took it to the dealership and they diagnosed it as the compressor. Soooo a week and a half into my new compressor, and it's out again! I did get the air to work for about 2 hours today and it quit again. I've already called the warranty place and they want it back at the dealership. I only have a couple thousand miles left on my extended warranty so I'm hoping they'll keep covering it if it keeps doing the same thing. It's been 100+ degrees here in Arkansas and black leather seats don't help AT ALL! Tomorrow is my appt. so I will update.

Update from Aug 19, 2010: Okay so took the car back up there with the air not working. They called later that afternoon and said there was a loose connection to the compressor and it's fixed now. So I picked the car up and a week later it did the very same thing. Tokk it back to the dealership. They kept it over a week and called me to come and get it. They couldnt find anything wrong with it. So now it's at another dealership. They can't get it to quit working for them. I've been without my car for over 2 weeks now. But I told them to keep the damn thing till its fixed and don't call me till its diagnosed and fixed!

I buy honda because they are usually great, year after year. This model has had numerous minor and major problems since I bought it. The Air conditioner going out was just the straw the broke my pocketbook. Besides going with out air conditioning for 7 months in South Georgia ( which by the way makes you sweaty and smelly by the time you get to work at 8am), the air system is part of the the whole belt system. so if the compressor had actually frozen up (luckily I found the problem before it did), the whole car would have shut down where ever I was. Bottom line, I like many buy Hondas to be good reliable cars, this one is not. Honda should do several more recalls, and six all the major problems this particular model has in order to save its good name. I can tell you, most of the names I have been calling them lately have not been very good.

I just read where another person was having the same problem...bought car new, the a/c just works when it wants to. I also have found that when I stop the car, turn off the ignition, and restart the engine, the a/c works! It also is a real pain, as it gets extremely hot here in Arkansas. The other person 'amended' his complaint the next day by saying that the compressor finally laid down. I cannot understand how restarting an engine will make the compressor work everytime. But I am not a Technician...I did call the dealer, and they obviously told me that they cannot diagnose the problem unless the a/c has quit when I bring it in, and that they have 'no idea' what it can be. Obviously there is a real problem when air compressors only last 43k! I would like to know if other people are having similar problems. I have owned 6 Hondas and have never had any a/c trouble before. I always have a GM product as well as the Honda cars, and have never replaced a compressor since the 60's. The sad part about this is that the 03 Hondas appear to have many other problems, and we were going to keep this one as we are getting to the age that we don't need two car payments. In the past we have actually never put many miles on our Hondas when we upgrade, but I know many people who drive them for 200k and never have a problem. Those days may be in the past for Honda...the Toyota Camry has a lot more bang for the buck! I imagine I will be driving one BEFORE my a/c lays completely down on the Honda. Again for the record, I have purchased approx. 23 new vehicles since 1970, and have replaced one compressor...a BMW.

I was wondering if anyone else had this problem with their Accord. My A/C seems to have this annoying habit of working when it wants to. Usually, I start the car, turn on the air and everything works fine. Every once in a while though, I will turn my car on, turn the A/C on, and I get no cold air. It is especially annoying in the 115 degree temperatures of North Carolina. I bought this car new and this has happened quite a bit over the years. The only solution seems to be turning the car off, pulling the key out and starting it back up.

I was wondering if anyone else has experienced this, and whether their compressor eventually died as a result. Let me know.

The AC compressor failed, and it took TWO WEEKS to locate the required part. They were back ordered throughout the United States! Thank God I had a Honda Care Extended Warranty, (7 yrs. or 100,000 miles, "0" deductable). I would NEVER own a vehicle without and extended warranty. As soon and I get close to the 100,000 mile mark, this vehicle is "history"! ----- Will I purchase another Honda? ----- I don't know at this point in time! Outside of the waiting for the part, the warranty covered the entire repair.