Air Conditioning Failure

My AC quit a few weeks ago and I live in Tucson. I have owned this 2013 Platinum CrewMax since new and this is the first problem I have had with the truck. It spent its whole life in Fairbanks, Alaska until moving to Tucson several months ago. So the AC unit has very little time on it. Unfortunately, the dealer said that the compressor internal components came apart and sent metal pieces throughout the system. The dealer's estimate to repair is $7000. Need to fix because it is hitting close to 100F in Tucson now. Wondering if anyone else has experienced this. Thanks.

 

You may want to try replacing the compressor clutch relay first if it just doesn’t turn on.

Assuming it is a bad compressor, did they do an acid test to see if the compressor did in fact cause a problem that will require more than a new compressor?

 

Get a second opinion before doing anything. $7K sounds way too expensive.

 

For $7K I'd get a used car with working A/C. That seems really high. Like Danny said, get a second opinion, even a third.

 

Thanks for the advice. Will take it to an AC specialist next week.

 

I've never seen an AC compressor come apart. Not saying that it couldn't happen though. I bet a new compressor and drier will be all you need. I've replaced AC compressors on other vehicles just not on my Tundra yet. Doesn't look too awfully hard and def not $7k.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00JXYFNRE?ie=UTF8

https://www.tundras.com/threads/2nd-gen-a-c-compressor-install.12349/

 

I 2nd that ^^^. Never has happened to me in 30 years of Toyotas with A/C. And have never heard it happen to a friend or family member's Toyota.

 

SpairAir, I'm a little late to your reply but we are current having the same issue with the broken a/c and metal fragments in our 2012 Crewmax Platinum. Curious if you were able to get it fixed?