A/C clutch not engaging

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Mark Beehler

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I believe I have read everything already posted but forgive me if I missed one. This is on a 2016 ecodiesel, last fall the A/C was intermittent at the end of summer, now it's dead. The clutch on the compressor is not engaging. It will turn by hand so it's not locked up. I have replaced the sensor on the high side. I can't locate the low side pressure sensor. Not sure if there is one because I can't find a part to replace it with. There is no relay and the fuse is good. I can only locate one 2 wire connector on the compressor. I believe one wire is ground the other is 12V. If I supply with battery power to the yellow striped wire and ground the other, the clutch still won't engage. I believe this system is more complex than the ones 20 years ago. Am I correct to believe that if the clutch won't engage when supplying power to the 2 wire connector then the clutch is bad?
 

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