Whether you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles has become an almost required feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an BMW X3 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 BMW X3 from cooling down, and at last, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to fix this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY BMW X3 NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your BMW X3 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my BMW X3 air con
One of the fairly common clues that can warn 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 permanent or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a solution to this failure, we recommend you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on BMW X3.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON BMW X3
One of the other indications that can notify you to a not working 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 show a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite difficult to identify without complex mechanical skills, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are several possible causes to do this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:
- Leakage of refrigerant fumes
- Non-functioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my BMW X3
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your BMW X3 is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer functioning. 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 trigger the device to trip.
- Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I RESOLVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY BMW X3 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to notice the main causes of a BMW X3 air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present you the various 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, assuming that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. However, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before executing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your BMW X3, don’t hesitate to check out our focused upon content page on this subject.
If this is not enough, bleed and refill the coolant, which should cost you around 100aine euros.
Replacing 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.
Replacing the air conditioning gas compressor on BMW X3 costs about 500 euros with labor.
If you want more guides on the BMW X3, go to our BMW X3 category.
