Originally Posted by trader4

You would think a code would be there. It shows up on mine with a
bad fan. But will it always? Who knows.

Did you try what I suggested? Put a box fan in front of the car
blowing air into it and start it up cold. If the AC works, then it's further proof that it's the fan. But if it doesn't, it might indicate that something
else is keeping it from starting initially. If it's the fan it's an odd
failure mode, where it won't start initially, but later runs OK. Did you
try exercising it with INPA after you've driven it and when it presumably
should be working?

Regarding FCP, I haven't ordered from them, but I've seen others
here who have and I have no reason to believe they aren't reputable.
I would have ordered, but the couple of times I was in the market,
it just turned out there were better deals, or some other vendor had
the other widget I needed too, etc. Actually, now that I think about it,
a poster here few weeks ago reported that he bought some cheaper
CV axles from them, had a problem with them, and FCP gave him full
credit for them towards better ones and even paid for part of the labor
cost. Never heard anyone do that. I also think they have a lifetime
warranty on all their parts? If so, that alone would be reason to get
the fan there.......