If you want to cool down in the summer months, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles has become an almost necessary feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Audi Q8 isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer in this post. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Audi Q8 from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Audi Q8 NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the signs of illness that can justify that the air conditioning of your Audi Q8 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Audi Q8 air con
One of the fairly known indicators that can alert you to the fact that your air conditioning is not functioning is if you have a musty or damp smell inside your motor vehicle, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a defective air conditioning system, it can be permanent or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a solution to this malfunction, we advise you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Audi Q8.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Audi Q8
One of the other signs that can notify 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 dubious noise). This noise could reveal a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite difficult to notice without complex mechanical expertise, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer producing cold. There are some possible causes to do this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:
- Leakage of refrigerant fumes
- Non-functioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Audi Q8
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Audi Q8 is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer functioning. Here are the different roots of an air conditioning system that no longer functions:
- Compressor pulley HS: The compressor will be out of power and the circuit will be stopped.
- Overpressure concern: This will trigger the device to trip.
- Faulty sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Audi Q8 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to observe the most important triggers of a Audi Q8 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 complex, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Even so, 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 Q8, don’t think twice to look at our dedicated content page 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, counting 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 Q8 costs about 500 euros with labor.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Audi Q8, do not hesitate to consult our Audi Q8 category.
