If you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars has become an almost obligatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Chevrolet Bolt isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely the question we will try to answer on this page. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Chevrolet Bolt from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to deal with this problem.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Chevrolet Bolt NO LONGER COLD?

We will begin our guidebook with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your Chevrolet Bolt is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Chevrolet Bolt air con

One of the fairly common indications 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 permanent or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a remedy to this malfunction, we suggest you to read our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Chevrolet Bolt.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Chevrolet Bolt

One of the other symptoms that can inform 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 indicate a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Quite tricky to notice without complex 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 several possible motives 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 Chevrolet Bolt

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Chevrolet Bolt 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 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 CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Chevrolet Bolt THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been capable to observe the most important causes of a Chevrolet Bolt air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the various solutions available to you . First of all, you should know that an air conditioning system is elaborate, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, supposing 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 undertaking any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Chevrolet Bolt, don’t hesitate to look at our focused upon content page 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 parts and around 100 euros more for labour.
Searching for and repairing an air conditioning leak: depending 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.
Replacing the air conditioning gas compressor on Chevrolet Bolt costs about 500 euros with labor.

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