2005 Vauxhall Vectra lose power when turn air con on while driving

Car: Vauxhall Vectra
Year: 2005
Variant: 1.8 club.manual
Categories: Running Rough, Starting & Power Loss
driving along happy as larry,turn air con on and car starts to judder a bit and seems as if it doesn,t want to accelerate.power is not there ,soon as air con is turned off car runs perfect again. any solution please.cheers oz
Posted: Aug 1, 2011 (12 years ago)
does the air con appear noisey in operation it sounds like you have a short circuit in the wiring to the electromagnetic clutch unit or the unit itself is failing and causing distress to the engine electronics operating on the same circuit
Posted Aug 4, 2011 (12 years ago)

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