If you want to cool down in the summer, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles has become an almost obligatory feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Buick Enclave 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 Buick Enclave from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Buick Enclave NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guidebook with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Buick Enclave is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Buick Enclave air con
One of the fairly common indications 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 defective air conditioning system, it can be permanent or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a solution to this malfunction, we advise you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Buick Enclave.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Buick Enclave
One of the other indications that can alert you to a not working 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 check for any suspect noise). This noise could signify a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite hard to identify without advanced mechanical skills, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are some possible causes to do this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:
- Leakage of refrigerant gases
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Buick Enclave
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Buick Enclave 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 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.
- Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Buick Enclave THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to see the most important triggers of a Buick Enclave air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show 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 always the best idea, assuming 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 performing any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Buick Enclave, don’t think twice to look at our focused upon article on this subject matter.
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 Buick Enclave costs about 500 euros with labor.
If you have any additional questions about the Buick Enclave, do not hesitate to consult our Buick Enclave category.
