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Posted 30 August 2012
HALF PRICE Air Con Recharge £22.49 @ ATS euromaster
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Full price £44.99 then apply voucher, I phoned them up and they have accepted this offer....bargain
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sorted byMost people think its only for summer but in the winter when you are all steamed up the air con can blow hot air too, it's air-conditioning, so rather than blowing damp air on the windscreen in the winter it will blow conditioned non-damp air around the car. Most new cars have a demist mode which will turn the AC on automatically :o)
Is it cold? if so it's probably fine.
Quite often more than not your filter may need a clean or even replacing usually about a tenner. An easy way to check if it's the pollen filter is to knock off the air con and have it on fans only - if its more powerful then it needs a new filter.
By not using the a/c regularly, the seals within the system become hard & brittle causing the system to leak & fail. You should use it frequently (usually at least once or twice a month) to minimize this risk. Most manufacturers advise a system regas every 2-3 years anyway. For £22.49, it is definitely worth having done, especially if it has never been done before.
Hi. These are standard terms & conditions and we are trying to sort the bug about ticking about t's & c's before you have read them - thanks for the feedback. There is no additional "fitting charge" on the air con recharge
I took my car to them a few years ago for a "FREE" brake test. They did the test and then told me that my brakes were dangerous and could fail on me at any moment but if i booked the car in they would sort it out for me. No thanks i said, as i was out of work at the time and couldnt afford it. They then tried to charge me for the free test and all hell broke loose. After about 20 mins arguing i left without paying but have never been back and never will again.
A few weeks later i got someone else to look at the brakes and was told they were perfectly ok and 6 months later they sailed through an MOT but according to ATS i was risking life and limb.
I've had friends fall foul of their tyre scam too.
Dont be suprised if they find something wrong with your air-con when you go in for this deal that they will have to charge you to fix on top of the price of this "deal".
You plonkers the deal hasn't expired the code cannot be used for online purchases, read the terms as it states:
So was mine, I think that is an ATS admin number not issue number
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Thank you for your comments. They will get passed on, as will all the comments made about this offer
It is cold when it's on yeah, so its fine for now, cheers.... has been since I bought it back in 2005 which is nice to know lol
A Main Dealer will almost certainly call-in or send it to a specialist - and then tack-on a chunk of money for doing nothing - does that answer your question??
It really is easy to do yourself, it's like filling a tyre, just DON'T try and connect the valve to the High side (marked "H") of the system, only the LOW side! (Marked "L"
So Halfords £45 and do it yourself or ATS. However with a DIY kit you may be able to charge 2 or maybe 3 cars depending on how much of a recharge it needed. Mine was so low it wouldn't even turn on as the pressure was too low, only took about half a can to get it to correct pressure. Now it works great, it's a 1998 car too!
How useless is that ?:(
For £22.49 this is a great deal and probably best BUT if you do want to do it yourself then Halfords does a kit (end cost around £45) which can do this (and also another car or 2) It's quite simply and there's YouTube video showing how to do it easily. The manufacturers website is also good & you can find where to connect it to your car on their site.
I've used it and after a little trial & error worked fine but be careful not to overfill (don't use more then half the can... Stop and check as half can should be sufficient for a car) Ideally leave it a while after doing it and then re-check pressure.. mine said OK whilst doing it and then hour later when I rechecked it showed overfilled ! (had to take it out using same adapter without can attached)
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So it would take seven years for a vehicle system refrigerant charge to drop below artbitary 50% ?
Would say more likely to be 15yrs+ and suspect realistically likely to be much longer, but I am no automotive expert.
Take it to a dealer if you have excess money you dont need. Otherwise an aircon specialist.
Would be great if you could keep us up to date on where your at in terms of the first 500...
(Cause I'm booked in for Saturday!)
You are far better off taking it to a specialist. This sounds like a bargain, but unless you car is new and you know the system is just discharged you wil be wasting your cash because you'll need repairs before you re gas.
I would estimate at least half the cars over 5 years old have some sort of air con faults that i see
Still its a great price if there's one near you.
Fair play for the assurances given on here, but if they limited the web form to 500 vouchers they wouldn't be able to capture every hopeful applicant's name, postcode, email address, date of birth, and Data Protection consent for future direct marketing campaigns. All these things are done for a reason...
We have now received the maximum number of offers, so this offer has been withdrawn.
If you have already booked your Air-Con recharge, or present the voucher before the end of September, we will honour the promotion
ATS Euromaster
question though, how do you know if your aircon needs a recharge? I've not done it on mine since I bought it but I rarely use it.
Air con specialist is best bet.
If you don't know, it isn't worth it for £22.49.