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Two things I noticed during my 650mi ride back after picking up my 9-5... and I'm wondering if they're related:
1. The A/C blows very cold and is working great. However, when I restarted my car (after it had been off briefly for refueling) the A/C wouldn't 'kick in' for about 45 minutes and acted like it was in Econ mode. Then without obvious provication it would start blowing cold (I kept the A/C controls on auto at 68 degrees). I tried resetting the A/C module but that didn't help. It showed zero each time in diagnosis mode, so no problems there. The blower and all of the other controls work just fine, it's as if no one's telling the A/C compressor that his services are needed and that he needs to turn the heck on. Has anyone had this problem?
2. Two out of three times when I start the car after it's been sitting (either for a long period such as overnight or just for a few minutes) I'm able to physically shift the car out of park but the indicator light (next to the speedometer in the instrument cluster) stays next to park, regardless of what I shift to--Drive, Reverse, etc. In addition, if I attempt to move the car by shifting to Drive while the indicator light shows that it's in park it accelerates very slowly and with great amounts of drag. The fix for this is that I turn the car off, then turn it back on. Then it shifts out of Park AND the indicator light follows the shifter's physical location correctly.
And now for the kicker--upon starting the car, when the car has the shifter problem above the A/C immediately is ice cold. But when I turn the car on and the shifter problem doesn't exist it takes the A/C about 45 minutes to kick in.
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