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 necessary feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an BMW X5 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 X5 from cooling down, and at last, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to deal with this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY BMW X5 NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your BMW X5 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my BMW X5 air con
One of the fairly basic signs 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 motor vehicle, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a defective air conditioning system, it can be perpetual or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a solution to this failure, we suggest you to read our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on BMW X5.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON BMW X5
One of the other indicators that can warn you to a failing air conditioner is that you experience 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 defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite difficult to identify without advanced mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer producing cold. There are several possible motives for 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 X5
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your BMW X5 is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer working. 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 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 FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY BMW X5 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to observe the most important motives of a BMW X5 air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the different 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. Nevertheless, 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 X5, don’t think twice to check out our dedicated content on this subject matter.
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 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, 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 X5 costs about 500 euros with labor.
If you have any further questions about the BMW X5, do not hesitate to consult our BMW X5 category.
