Hello all. I just purchased a 2004 toyota camry limited edition about a month ago. During the last week off and on while the air conditioning is on it will quit cooling and the a/c light will flash on and off until I turn it off. Sometimes I can turn it back on and it will stay on, sometimes it will do it again. Sometimes I can get in the car, turn it on, and it just stays on and doesn't flash at all even on long trips. Anytime the a/c is on, the air is perfectly cold. It's only when the light is flashing that it quits cooling. Today is the first day that it did it multiple times on the way home from work. By the time I got to my drive way though it wasn't going off and flashing but was once again staying on and cooling perfectly. Since I just purchased the car and have car payments on it, I am not rolling in dough. I was hoping I could get some advice as this is my very first Toyota and I do not know much about them. I have read a few posts that it's possibly the compressor but since mine blows so cold when it's on I do not think that is my problem...then again I could be wrong. Any help and advice would be much appreciated. Thanks so much in advance for any help you all can give me.

 

This is from Toyota Nation, a pretty reputable Toyota Forum:

A/C Flashing Light - Relay 90080-87026 - Toyota Nation Forum : Toyota Car and Truck Forums

If it is the relay, then it is fairly reasonable to replace for cheap.