Unfortunately I do not have any suggestions for where to take your car but...
Your problem sounds like a classic alternator/charging system failure. Given the confluence of issues I wonder if it wasn't that the compressor was already on the verge of seizing and was thus causing the accessory belt to turn too slowly to properly charge the battery. This strikes me as the sort of thing they should have noticed before charging you $800 to repair something in the first place and should thus fix the actual problem at their expense unless they can reasonably show that the problems were not, in fact, related.
Was the car making any kind of squealing noise at any point in this process BEFORE the compressor completely seized up? That would be an unmistakable indication of this problem.
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Date: 2010-09-01 03:01 pm (UTC)Your problem sounds like a classic alternator/charging system failure. Given the confluence of issues I wonder if it wasn't that the compressor was already on the verge of seizing and was thus causing the accessory belt to turn too slowly to properly charge the battery. This strikes me as the sort of thing they should have noticed before charging you $800 to repair something in the first place and should thus fix the actual problem at their expense unless they can reasonably show that the problems were not, in fact, related.
Was the car making any kind of squealing noise at any point in this process BEFORE the compressor completely seized up? That would be an unmistakable indication of this problem.