Whether you want to cool down in the summer, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is now an almost obligatory feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Audi A1 isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer in this post. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Audi A1 from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Audi A1 NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Audi A1 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Audi A1 air con
One of the fairly basic clues that can notify you to the fact that your air conditioning is not working is if you have a musty or damp smell inside your car, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a faulty air conditioning system, it can be perpetual or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a solution to this malfunction, we advise you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Audi A1.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Audi A1
One of the other signs that can inform you to a malfunctioning air conditioner is that you feel a strange noise is coming on when you turn on your air conditioner (feel free to approach the vents to verify for any suspect noise). This noise could signify a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite hard to notice without complex mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are several possible motives for this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:
- Leakage of refrigerant gases
- Non-functioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Audi A1
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Audi A1 is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer working. Here are the different origins of an air conditioning system that no longer works:
- Compressor pulley HS: The compressor will be out of power and the circuit will be stopped.
- Overpressure problem: This will bring about the device to trip.
- Faulty sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Audi A1 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to notice the most important triggers of a Audi A1 air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present you the different solutions available to you . First of all, you should know that an air conditioning system is sophisticated, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. However, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before undertaking any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Audi A1, don’t hesitate to look at our focused upon article on this subject.
If this is not enough, bleed and refill the coolant, which should cost you around 100aine euros.
Changing the air conditioning clutch: you will need to spend around 150 euros for parts and around 100 euros more for labour.
Searching for and repairing an air conditioning leak: based on the position of the leak it will cost you more or less, count on average 150/200 euros, including the air conditioning refill.
Replacement of an air conditioning condenser: you will need to count about 200 euros.
Changing the air conditioning gas compressor on Audi A1 costs about 500 euros with labor.
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