2014-2018 Chevy Silverado A/C Condenser Replacement - Sierra-Tahoe-Yukon-Suburban-Escalade
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www.paypal.com... 2014-2017 Chevy Silverado or Sierras tend to have bad condensers here is a video I made on how to remove and replace the Condenser to fix the Very common issue!
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I love how this is a known wide issue, there are 3 pending class action lawsuits against GM for this.......but no recall. All due to a bad weld
Mine just stopped working today I have a 2014 GMC Sierra
@@oscarferreira1991 just bought a replacement condenser for my ‘14 today, about to put it in. Crazy how many people have dealt with this issue!
@@spikesg2000 my ac condenser was replaced 2 years ago , whats going with my truck is the ac fan doesn’t turn on
@@spikesg2000 my 2015, my step moms 2014, and my buddys 2016 all went out within a month
@@oscarferreira1991 my blower fan went out about a year ago. They’re pretty easy to change, it’s under the dash on the passengers side.
Great job.. got to the point and included important little details that others dont. There are plenty of other videos on you tube that ramble on and just have a bunch of useless time wasted. Not this guy... Well done man. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Yea shows every clip but doesnt show how u access ac bolts ......
I was just quoted $1000 due to my gmc having the exact same issue. This looks so much easier than the mechanic made it seem. I’ll do it myself 👍
Same
Awesome no BS video. Straight to the point. No filler. Good job.
Thanks for the how-to. Dealer wanted $1500 for this repair. Did it myself for $150 in parts in 1.5 hours. On my 2016 suburban the lights are connected to the fender over the radiator support. I was able to do the repair by just rotating the support back wards and leaving it on the car.
Roboticsurgerydoc shit the dealership wanted to charge me 2k
How? The freon is $300 alone. Condenser is $100
You saved my ass before watching these vid I took my wife’s truck to the dealer to change the condenser and they were charging me 1500 I went got the part and change myself thanks
Same 😂 they wanted to charge me 1200 no thanks I just needed the diagnostic
same brother mine went bad they wanted 1700, the 2016 tahoe has the same problem and has a recall on it so i dont know why they wont replace it its the same part
@@Tha_Marine if it’s a recall they should be able to replace. But sometimes it’s easier to just do it yourself
Dealership wanted to charge $1200 to change the condenser. Thank you for the video! I will be doing this myself as soon as the part comes in.
That's what they told me !I'm like I will call yall back! I'm doing mine right now!
They wanted to charge me $1500 I laughed 🤣
@@Pachuco I replaced mine in about 6 hours with my brother and couldn't be happier with the a/c and the load of money I saved.
Very informative video. I ordered the part and my buddy and I swapped it out yesterday in 2 hours and refilled it and it is now blowing snowballs... Thanks so much for this video.
Glad it helped
How do you recharge it after replacement
Hey.
Did you have to drain the system or anything before unsnapping those lines from the old condenser? I added a little freon the other day to find the leak..not sure if its still in there or not.
If it had a leak its usually empty@@ryanbarraza7426
Thank you for saving me (well, all of us) all the time figuring it all out. You are a good man. This was like learning from my brother.
Glad I could help!
Appreciate it man, changed mine today thanks to you! Took me about 2hrs
How did u vaccum?
Thank you! Wifes 2017 Suburban has this issue and the dealership told us to pound dirt, pay 1,200... Come on Chevy, this is a known issue and all she has owned is Chevy. Common issue and I will be putting your video to use this weekend. Cheers!
Glad to help, let me know how it goes
Took me a bit longer than everyone else in the comments but still saved me $900. Some of the bolts were in really awkward spots. Great video.
That bolt over there by the washer fluid tube is annoying. It will not be going back in 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@baharv4575I definitely didn’t put it back 😂”spare parts “
2 yr old video still relevant and saved me some time. Thank you for posting this video. Went and bought me a $7.99 UV flash light at Harbor Freight and sure enough leaking right where you showed. Thanks again for making this video !!
Glad it helped
Thank you bud this video help me a lot
I get my ac condenser fixed in a few days and I’m super excited. I went a year with no Ac and mechanics gave me the run around and I spent over 3k on things that did not solve my issues. I then heard about this common leak on a weld, got mine checked and turned out It was my condenser
Hey Falcon, I just wanted to say thank you. This is exactly where it was leaking from. I couldn’t find the leak anywhere. Now just gotta order the condenser and swap it out.
glad I could help!
Thank you my dude for the video showing this most preferable method of removing the condenser. Rock solid!
Wow!!! The Chevy dealership here in my home town quoted me $1700 to replace the condenser! They said that the whole front end had to come off!!!
Thiefs
Same here! I just got quoted 1500! And once I asked for the part number they denied it just because I denied there service. I figured I’d do it myself but they didn’t wanna give me the part number so I couldn’t take it somewhere else and get it fixed. So no I’m working on it on and saving myself money!
Shit man, I just got quoted $1400. After this video I think I'm gonna try it myself!
Wow and it’s their screw up to begin with
I did it for less then 1,000. 230 for
Condenser and. 400 to recharge it at the dealership
Difficult steps- removing the 6 screws that secure the support cross brace. Just about dropped back together. Thanks for the video, would have taken me much longer without it.
Glad I could help!
Just got quoted $1,250 to do this job. Thank you so much for the great video I will just do it myself in a few hours now. Will update when job is complete!
Good luck!
How was it?
He took it to a shop lol
Always been a loyal chevy guy. Never had any ac issues till I got the newer truck with just 38k miles and 20k miles later same exact spot mine is leaking out of. 🤦♂️
hector meza 65k miles and mine started leaking out this spot. But at 45k miles the compressor seized up on me 🤦🏻♂️
Legit got the truck a week ago. Checked my ac my condensor is leaking my compressor locked up and my copper is leaking.
I’m in the same boat buddy. Just got in my truck today and it’s 90° outside and my AC is blowing hot.
Good job . You were fast, clear, concise.
English is good thanks.
I own 2010 Sierra 4x4 bad condensor (my son dropped a wrench changing radiator)
1996 k1500 GMC did this one 18years ago.
Thanks for the clear step by step video. Saved me about $1k from the stealership!
Glad I could help!
I am a retired auto ax mechanic great video 😊
Thanks 👍
2017 silverado here same problem dealer wanted to charge me 1200$ for it got the Condenser online for 171$ and now im going to install it in a few hours thanks for your video 👍🏻
Fixed exact same condenser leak with quick setting epoxy, sandpaper, and carb cleaner. Took 15 minutes and didn't have to remove a thing (all work done reaching through front grill.) 1.Clean area with carb cleaner. 2. Sand metal around leak 3. Clean again. 4. Apply epoxy with something like a toothpick (don't use plastic, epoxy may melt it.) 5. Let cure (see epoxy directions) mine was a 90 second super fast curing. 6. recharge freon. Did mine almost 1 year ago and still working great.
I wondered if it could be repaired. A buddy has a TIG welder, hmmmm could it be welded? Or, is it a can of worms? If it fails in 1 place, why not 2?
I've done 3 on customer's truck's, now that I'm doing a friends truck. I watch the video. Thanks.
Very informative and straight to the point. I, for one, appreciate this gentleman's time and effort.
I just replaced mine on my '14 Silverado a few days ago after watching your video and a couple others, so as to be sure that I knew exactly what I was getting into and what I had to do. I must say the 2 middle bolts on the cross brace were a complete pain in the arse, especially the drivers side behind the windshield washer fluid tank. Other than that the replacement wasn't too hateful, just time consuming. I purchased a vacuum pump prior to doing the job, so I did the vacuuming of the system and recharging of the refrigerant myself too. I didn't have to worry about evacuating the old refrigerant because due to the leak there was none in the system to remove. So far (fingers crossed) everything seems to be good and AC is working fine right now, lol. After seeing how much it could cost at a shop or dealership there was absolutely no way I was willing to pay that much when after pricing out everything (condenser, vacuum pump, freon, ect...) it wound up costing me a quarter to a third of the cost by doing myself. Thanks for the video, it really helped me make my decision and saved me a ton of money.
Great job on the repair. Thanks for making the video. The OEM condensers are very hard to get, about a 2 months wait at my local dealer. Napa has a few in stock and was lucky enough to get one. Just amazed at the poor quality of GM these days. First had a transmission go out on my 2016 Silverado back in the Spring which cost me 7000 to get repaired. Now the air conditioning stopped working. This truck is becoming a big lemon, afraid of what will be next to fail. Only a 5 year old truck with 130,000 miles on it, NEVER going to buy a GM vehicle again.
Wow. I'm right over 120,000 miles and my transmission went out and then shortly after I was told there is a leak on my condenser.
I'm with you bro. I just spent 800 bucks to replace a headlight , and now looking to have to repair the AC. So much for buying a new truck
Haha, as if other vehicles don’t have issues, good luck with Ford or dodge
I also have a 2016 Silverado 130k miles, transmission went out at 95k, condenser just got the same leak as the one in the video
Jesus. Just happened to me. Transmission went out at 95k and now at 128k condenser cracked.
Thanks for the awesome video!! I have to fix my sister's truck and you spelled it out like a true master!
Awesome vid. Thanks for this info!!
My Silverado had a leak on the condenser and mechanic wanted to charge me $1500! Luckily I had extended warranty and i was covered fully! I just had to pay $100 for the deductible. 😁
I heard this issue is so common with this truck cause the condenser is made of aluminum, and if you are going to replace it, it should be replaced with a metal condenser.
Good stuff
A metal condenser? Isnt Aluminum metal? Also its is made of aluminum due to its head conductivity properties as it needs to dissipate heat so you cant just make it out of any old metal. It was an iditiotic design of using tack welds to hold mounting brackets that are also at a seam where the drier tank is welded to the fins.
Great video! Took me about 2 hours! If your doing it on a saburban 2017 the only extra step is moving the headlight bracket out of the way.
Nice work!
I'm getting ready to do it on a 17 Suburban, too. Did you have to remove the entire headlight housing? Took a look at the bolts on the underside of the crossmember (driver side, by the washer fluid reservoir) and it looks almost impossible to get to them. Can you describe more how you did it?
Thanks Falcon, saved me $900!!
Great video. My AC went out on my 2016 Silverado so I got to change the condenser. This video explains everything I need to know.
Glad it helped
Yup, you nailed it bro. Just dye tested it today.
I thank you alot I just did a 17 gmc Sierra pickup following what you did in the video and it was so easy I thank you sir 🙏
Glad it helped
I have this same issue and dealer is asking $1600 for replacement. After seeing your video, Im going to do this on my own.
Good video Falcon. I did one of these very common issue. Same leak same place 👊🏼
Thanks for watching bro.
Is the fix permanent?
Dillon Hawkins yeah until the condenser goes out again, but it shouldn’t 🤙🏼
Thanks for this. I'm doing this job on Sunday, and was concerned about the beam. Seems easy enough.
Good luck!
@@FalconsGarage Got it done. Not bad, except for those beam bolts. Only two were a pain, the other 4 not bad. Helps to have a ratchet that bends 90 degrees.
Thank you my friend. Dealer wanted nearly $1700 and I’ll be doing it myself for about $200.
I'm glad I was able to save you money!
The dealer I had diagnose my a/c quoted me $1667. Another dealer quoted me $1300.
I ended up paying $146 for diagnostics
$154 for a new condenser(I replaced)
$148 for a shop to vacuum and recharge(which I should have just bought my own vacuum)
Total paid for cold ass a/c=$450
The shop that recharged my system said they replaced 27 condensers on a fleet of Chevy/gmc trucks for one of their customers in 1 year.
I got one coming in Thursday. Thanks for the video. Appreciate it my friend.
Great Job explaining key points to task. I’m doing one today. Thank You for sharing..
Great video now Im going to attempt to identify leak in condenser and see ifmits the exact same problem! Great advice!
Glad it helped
Great video. Would have liked to see more with the bottom connections but I get it’s hard to video that. Would attempt to do this myself but I don’t have a vacuum pump. Chevrolet should recall this issue.
You can always rent one from places that rent equipment etc.
Awaome video i had the old condenser out in 30 min thank you so much for this information.
Glad it helped
My '14 Seirra condensor went today. 110k miles. Right on time.
Muchas gracias for the video! I have one of these arriving in half an hour for a condenser. Same type of failure you had. Chevy dealer just got them in stock yesterday from national back order.
Glad I could help
GREAT VIDEO ,,,,,,, helped me a lot ,,, the job still sucked ,,, thnx again
Taking that metal brace off over the condenser was hell on Earth. Make sure you have a flex socket handy.
How did you get the metal brace to lift out under the head light bracket? Or did you take of the head light
Thanks for the help. I was trying to remove the grill! Lol. Appreciate ya my man.
Thanks for the informative video. Have the condenser for my 2017 Silverado in hand, going to replace it on Monday. Wish me luck--very novice car guy!
Good luck!
@@FalconsGarage Got it done successfully, despite the GM engineers' best attempts at making some of the bolts inaccessible! Refilled for a hair over $300, thanks to the new refrigerant--blowing ice cold now. Thanks again!
I was told a long time ago to put a hardware cloth in front of the condenser on the back side of my grill and I never did it. Now I'm having issues with the rocks that hit the front of it, not so much on the welds like this man is saying but I know the welds are leaking as well. But I think if you put hardware cloth behind your grill. After installing the new condenser it will prevent problems in the future
Yeah. It could help
Donated - Thank You! Always nice to have a heads up on any job I'm about to tackle - - Dale with Twin Falls Car Doctor in Idaho USA
I apréciate that!
Not a chevy tech but this definitely helped me out
Thank you for taking the time to make this very informative video.
My 2016 is leaking in same spot. Thanks for the video
Glad it helped
This is a very informative video. Best I have ever seen. Very through
Glad it was helpful!
THANK YOU !!!! This video helped me A LOT ! & it saved me some money !
Great to hear!
Not too bad took an hour to get out and an hour to get back together my advice is take off the brackets for the air box to reach the bottom Freon lines easy. Also used a ratchet wrench for the 6 crossbar bolts not that bad
Thanks for the info Man U saved the day
Glad I could help
Thanks for the vid.. got it done in less than 2 hours. 🤠
Awesome. This video is great! Super easy to do and detailed.
I'm going to have to do this soon. My condensor went out on my 2014
Did mine today. For some reason the cooling fans were on full blast when I started it back up. Shut it off again and restarted, back to normal 🤔
Great info bro!! I see how to do this but, im having it done😂 Too many steps and not enough time,but i will share your channel! YOU ROCK MY FRIEND!!
Thanks for sharing. I appreciate it.
Thanks for the confidence. I'm about to do this now on my 2017 Suburban.
You can do it!
@@FalconsGarage I'm taking the Shroud off right now. Do we have to put more transmission fluid since some is going to leak?
yes
@@FalconsGarage I don't know how you took the cross bar off. Ive been working on it for over an hour with a 10mm wrench. Idk how ill get it back on
@@FalconsGarage Done!🤙
Very good video, thanks man!
Glad it helped!
For anyone wondering. My 16 Sierra leaking in same weld. Hit with JB weld and it worked! Right through grill
Going to check this out today! Hopefully this is the issue, as when I checked my a/c with the 134a machine and sure enough it had nothing haha
Got the condenser replaced. But I didn’t have the vacuum pump at the moment. So I really can’t do a leak check. But 1 minor mistake cost me the transmission. One of the connection on the upper right hand side came off while I was driving. All of the transmission fluid got totally drained dried! Be extra careful when connecting the lines. Make sure the thin clips are on securely and the rubber sleeve on without popping back out. Now the truck is vibrating and having hard time changing gears.
Good walkthrough. I am about to do it when I get the condenser in the mail. This video will help expedite the process.
Glad it helped
Bro!!! Im mad now! Just paid 1100 to get mine replaced 😭
dang bro!
I have the same problem exactly on the same place on my 2014 silverado
Thank you put half a can in it got cold i went out to check it again an hour later it wasn't working. Look right where you said to for the leak and their it was.
Thank you for this video. I will do this soon. how do you pump it out? (end of video) what do you use? Thanks again for this video. 2017 Chevy suburban owner. Car not blowing cold air
Hell yea bud this is extremely helpful! 🙏
Thanks for the vid!!
No problem!
I watched your video, went out with a flashlight and mine leaked from the same place. Where’s the class action lawsuits? This is a manufacturing flaw and should be a recall.
Just found mine today Same spot
Mine went out a couple of days ago. I have a 2018. Luckily I only have 35,000 miles on it and the dealership is fixing it! They quoted me $1,700!!
Warning! "it's your boy" greeting up ahead.
Hell yeah thanks a lot man great vid I’m pooping right now and then I’m going out to the garage to knock mine out. And yes mines leaking on that same weld smh.
Thank you bro. I got the condenser out myself
Thank you. Got a 2016 Tahoe coming in today.
Did you add any pag oil in the system after changing the condenser? if so, how much and what viscosity?
Thank you very much for your time
Excellent video thank you
Bravo👏👏 thank you sir! On the 3rd fill I added uv leak detector. I did not find the leak right away but on the 2nd evening, looking in that exact spot, found it right off. Thanks for your tips. Question #1, could this be welded as a repair? #2, should I avoid the ACDELCO unit? A TYC brand has a lifetime warranty, instead of 2 years.
there is company's that repair radiators etc .. but you still need to take it off so probably better to just put a new one, as far as witch one as far as I know they haven't updated their old condenser.. so I think the problem will come back
Great video! For the sake of your health please wear gloves. You never know how these chemicals will affect you 20 years from now
How did you get the bottom bolts out? Wish you showed that in the video. Is it through the wheel wells?
Doing mine right now
GM has went to shit. My wife's 40k Tahoe leaks here. About the 20th issue since buying new. My 2013 Tacoma with 140k, zero issues. Tried to tell her. Learned my lesson and reaffirms my Toyota choice.
I work at a Chevrolet dealer and drive Toyota’s.
@@ap5598 I would too, lol
From what I read on this GM issue, they are willing to replace the Condenser on the Tahoe and the Suburban, but us Silverado and Sierra owners are shit outa luck.
Hey man my new condenser didn’t come with that stud on the lower left hand side, could I reuse the old one? Very informative video
Mark Montes yes. As long as the threads that go into the condenser are the same.
Great video. One question: we don’t have the AC equipment that you do. Can we replace it and then drive it to a mechanic and have them draw a vacuum on it and charge it or no?
Yeah, you could
Is there any need to add any ATF fluid after disconnecting transmission lines???
Thay needs to be a recall because its all in the same spot
they usually only recall safety things
great job!!! you know what your doing
I appreciate that!
Great video! THank you for this, my local auto shop was trying to screw me. Looks like I know what i'm doing this weekend :) It'd be great if you could link the parts in the video.
link is on the description
So would this cause the radiator fans to stay on constantly while driving the truck?
So the compressor clutch looks like it's turning on and off,but it's not blowing cold....so this condenser could be the issue??