How often should the refrigerant in a new car be replaced?
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New car refrigerant does not need to be replaced as long as there is no leakage. Even if the refrigerant leaks and affects the normal cooling of the air conditioning, only a refrigerant top-up is required, not a complete replacement. Refrigerant, commonly known as freon, is a working fluid used in refrigeration and air conditioning systems to transfer heat energy and produce cooling effects. Refrigerants can be classified by working method into primary refrigerants and secondary refrigerants, and by material properties into natural refrigerants and synthetic refrigerants. In refrigeration and air conditioning systems, refrigerant is used to transfer heat energy to produce cooling effects. It is an intermediate substance in the refrigeration process that first absorbs the cooling capacity of the refrigerant to lower its temperature and then cools other substances that need to be cooled.