Hey all,
I took my '02 WRX in today because for a few weeks now whenever the air was on, there was a noticable thump and loss of power whenever it cycled. When the A/C is on, this is astoundingly worse, a loud "chirp" accompanying the (much more severe) power loss. The car has not stalled, but it almost has once because I went when the A/C cycled. The first time I asked, they said it is completely normal, expecially between 10-15 thousand miles (which I'm not in at the moment anyway). They said it was normal for new car break-in. The second time I called and talked to a different person, they said that they can't reproduce it (which is a blatant lie, unless they didn't actually turn on the A/C). I'm taking them on a test drive tomorrow to see what they say, but wanted to know, is this "normal" for the WRX? It happens every 15-30 seconds when A/C is on, whenever it runs its cycle. Hasn't happened before this, and is a big bit of discouragement.
Any comments or ideas?
Orion