2003 Camry A/C broken

[cranswick]

Hi my Air conditioning on my 2003 camry broke, It doesnt work at all on the lower settings it only works on the setting marked " HIGH" it works normally on high except it makes a strange noise. wHAT do you think the problem is , as its an old car its not worth spending much money fixing it, do you think its a serious expensive  problem or something that could be fixed cheaply. ALso where do l take it to be fixed, would a regular mechanic where l get my car serviced do the job or would l need to take it to some sort of A/C sepecialist 

Edited October 20, 2023 by cranswick

[Hiro]

In general, when air only comes out of the vents when the fan speed is set to HIGH, it means the resistor pack for the fan switch is busted (HIGH normally bypasses it completely).  The noise could be completely un-related, where does it sound like it is coming from and does it change depending on if the A/C is on or not?  Does it get cold?