what causes the accelerater to be hard when u switch the ac on?

Asked by rasheed_saeed Mar 15, 2013 at 07:03 AM about the 2007 Dodge Caliber SXT FWD

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

what causes the accelerater to be hard when u switch the ac on?

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tenspeed answered 11 years ago

Nothing that I know of. Power would be down but the gas pedal should move the same.

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migration_judge_roy answered 11 years ago

If you mean reduced performance, the A/C will reduce by 15-20% from your acceleration--that's the fact, jack!

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