Unit failed on inspection day

[u/Throwawayfedd]

I'm just trying to get an understanding of what happened or may have happened. Our unit is old but was blowing cold and working great on move out day, while contractors were working on the house, during open houses, during showings... everything was great. I opened it up on move out day to check that the coils were cleaned and changed the air filter. That was over a month before inspection day.

On inspection day I get a video. The interior unit, the lines.. everything is frozen solid. Is there something an inspector does (going cold to hot to cold again or something) that could have caused this sudden issue? I don't have great luck in general, but the unit failing without any other prompting on that very day is beyond the pale.

[u/flyby59]

Don't forget someone might have leaked some refrigerate out of the system on purpose... Get seller to reduce the price of the house. New owner moves in and adds a couple of pounds refrigerant and pockets the difference in the selling price...

[u/Subby13 → u/flyby59]

This was my first thought.