AC compressor Denso or OEM FORD

Note: I'm a 28 year old man with no knowledge of how cars work.

In order to save money on my truck, I forced myself to learn how to replace an AC compressor on an F-150 with no mechanical background or knowledge whatsoever. 6 hours of cursing and labor later, I did it.

Bought Denso from rockauto. It is made in Japan. Be sure to replace the condenser and txv. And flush the lines before installing. For best results. Then forget about Ac for the times ahead.

Installed a denso on one car and it came from California I had bad luck with 2 aftermarket units before pulling the trigger on the denso and never looked back

COO was Japan on the Denso I ordered from RA. Likely the same exact thing as OE Lexus, with a different sticker.

Compressor failed. I went to the junkyard and pulled a Denso off an abandoned boxy boy. Geez it took all day to get the compressor in. I'd give it a 8/10 on the difficulty scale. Mainly for how tedious the work was. I did it without a jack which added to my obstacles.

Took about 8 hours total, 5 YT videos and 3 trips to the hardware store but my cars AC is back. Worst time for it to go out too in Texas Summer.

I'm happy I saved probably 1000 by doing it myself.

I’ve always used Denso and have never had any issues, but I’ve noticed that depending on car they’re sometimes noisy. Like they make a hum sound that’s distinguishable from the usual hum of an AC system.

Ford connect 2021 la 64.000 i-a picat compresorul de clima. La putin timp după garanția de 2 ani.

we have a 2006 RAV4 V6 that had a belt blow last year, necessitating a new A/C compressor. We got a Denso, but have had repeated leaks and on investigation our mechanic says it's apparently leaking from the compressor itself.

Sadly it appears it was a POS, because it's now leaking and we have to replace again. Any reason why a compressor would crap out after about 16 months?

I’ve been waiting for an AC compressor since April and every month the date got pushed back more. I called various dealers they didn’t have it one of the dealers told me the order has been back ordered for 6 months already. I had an extended warranty and they replaced with an aftermarket part. A denso as well. Took 3 months to get my car back from the dealer. They also charged 6k for complete unit. Mind you my pilot is a 2020 with only 26k miles.