Any of the following.......... 1. The compressor is locking up. 2. You have a bad a/c clutch. 3. You have a bad drive belt. 4. You have a bad tensioner. 5. The a/c system is overcharged.
AC Compressor
check a/c compressor and belt.
Yes, if the compressor's bearings are bad, usually accompanied by a roaring or squealing noise coming from the compressor's pulley.
Could be a loose belt, bad bearing in the compressor, malfunctioning clutch, lack of compressor oil... any of those things.
your ac compressor could be seizing up. happened on my 2003 suburban.
Check for a slipping drive belt between encine crank pulley and AC compressor pulley.
Your compressor is going out. Probably you threw a piston in the compressor or the bearings in your clutch went out. If you put freon in before this happened you overfilled it and blew the seals.
usually those high pitch squealing sounds are cause by a loose/slipping belt. just check the tension on your belts. the ac compressor and the alternator belt. also the ac compressor belt tensioner tends too rust and also make squealing noise. wd40
The ac compressorThe ac compressor
Low or no freon will cause the AC not to work. Also if the clutch on the AC compressor has failed, or if the compressor itself failed.
May be nothing more than compressor belt is slipping or A/C compressor may be getting "tired" an may soon need replacement
Likely either the serpentine belt is squealing due to age and the extra stress put on it when the a/c compressor is activated, or the a/c compressor or it's pulley are failing.