From: "profft" 
Newsgroups: alt.hvac misc.consumers.house
Subject: Re: Service question on sketchy HVAC homeowners warrantee service
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 21:27:40 -0400


"Science Guy"  wrote in message
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> All,
>
> My central A/C unit stopped cooling down well when I bought my house 3
> years ago.  I still had my 1 year homeowner's warrantee and they came
> out and 'fixed' it by adding more freon.
>
Not a fix just a Band-Aid


> The same problem recurred this summer (not cooling - ice on the inside
> evaporator).  I had a tech come out to inspect who found a leak in the
> evaporator - $1400 to replace.
>

Kittle wonder, nothing was fixed lastyear so it only makes sense that you
need more juice this year




> The contractor that came out two years ago only added Freon which only
> masked the underlying problem.  In a perfect world either the
> contracting company or warrantee service would understand that the
> contractor added freon without determining the cause of the problem.
> They would then cover the cost of replacing the evaporator since the
> problem arose during the warrantee period.
>
> From your vast collective body of experience:  In this real world do I
> have any hope of the getting anybody to cover the cost?  Its getting
> hot and I want the problem solved one way or another - and don't just
> want to add more freon and pollute the environment.
>
Not a chace chiief
> If I have to pay is $1400 reasonable for parts and service to replace
> the evaporator on a Carrier central air system?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Pierre-Yves