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 is becoming an almost required feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Citroen C-crosser isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer on this page. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Citroen C-crosser 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 Citroen C-crosser NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Citroen C-crosser is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Citroen C-crosser air con
One of the fairly basic indications that can inform 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 malfunction, we advise you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Citroen C-crosser.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Citroen C-crosser
One of the other signs that can inform 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 check for any suspect noise). This noise could signify a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite tricky to identify 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 several possible motives for this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:
- Leakage of refrigerant fumes
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Citroen C-crosser
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Citroen C-crosser 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 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.
- Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I RESOLVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Citroen C-crosser THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to discover the main causes of a Citroen C-crosser 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 complex, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. However, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before performing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Citroen C-crosser, 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, 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 Citroen C-crosser costs about 500 euros with labor.
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