Help please! Air con died during road trip.

Help please! Air con died during road trip.

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Wednesday 19th August 2015
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Started our holiday today with travel to Dieppe for 2 days. I had the air on regased yesterday at halfords auto centre and they were telling me how they got the temp down to 2.6 degrees. On the road to euro tunnel today and air con is blowing warm air. Grr!

Our next leg is to Italy for a week and then to Switzerland, I really need the air con back on with 5 of us travelling

Are there any recommendations of an air con specialist in dieppe. Looking for someone I can trust.


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Thursday 20th August 2015
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Thanks. There is a speedy and a norauto nearby so I'll try one. I'm hoping halfords have cocked up and left something loose and not exposed a serious fault.

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Thursday 20th August 2015
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Success!

NorAuto weren't interested in even looking at it even with a French translator member of the family there.

Straight onto a BMW dealer who were closed for lunch until 1400. Chap returned early and let us in, explained the issue to him and he asked to take it into the workshop. Returned with the car 10 mins later to say the Thule bike rack lighting board was disabling the air con. Can't explain any more as that was explained through our family friend translator.

Start car without light board and connect after means both work. And it does!

The chap refused any payment too. Top stuff!

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Thursday 20th August 2015
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Good French customer service and BMW dealer in the same sentence!