If you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles is now an almost required feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an BMW 2 Series isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely 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 BMW 2 Series from cooling down, and at last, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to fix this problem.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY BMW 2 Series NO LONGER COLD?

We will start our guidebook with the signs of illness that can justify that the air conditioning of your BMW 2 Series is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my BMW 2 Series air con

One of the fairly known indicators that can warn 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 only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a remedy to this failure, we suggest you to read our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on BMW 2 Series.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON BMW 2 Series

One of the other indicators that can alert you to a failing 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 suspicious noise). This noise could indicate 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 knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are some possible causes to do this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:

  • Leakage of refrigerant gases
  • nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my BMW 2 Series

Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your BMW 2 Series 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 works:

  • Compressor pulley HS: The compressor will be out of power and the circuit will be stopped.
  • Overpressure concern: This will cause 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 BMW 2 Series THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to notice the most important causes of a BMW 2 Series air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the various solutions available to you . To begin with, you should know that an air conditioning system is elaborate, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not always the best idea, supposing that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. However, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.

First step, before carrying out any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your BMW 2 Series, don’t hesitate to check out our focused on 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 auto 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 BMW 2 Series costs about 500 euros with labor.

If you want more tutorials on the BMW 2 Series, go to our BMW 2 Series category.