Whether you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is now an almost obligatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Citroen C1 isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely the question we will try to answer in this article. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Citroen C1 from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to handle this issue.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Citroen C1 NO LONGER COLD?

We will start our guide with the signs of illness that can justified that the air conditioning of your Citroen C1 is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Citroen C1 air con

One of the fairly common signs that can warn you to the fact that your air conditioning is not functioning 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 lasting or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a remedy to this failure, we advise you to read our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Citroen C1.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Citroen C1

One of the other signs that can warn you to a malfunctioning 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 indicate a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Actually quite hard to spot without complex mechanical knowledge, 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 motives to do 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 C1

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Citroen C1 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 works:

  • Compressor pulley HS: The compressor will be out of power and the circuit will be stopped.
  • Overpressure problem: This will cause 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 C1 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been capable to observe the main motives of a Citroen C1 air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present 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 constantly the best idea, supposing that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. Even so, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.

First step, before carrying out any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Citroen C1, don’t think twice to look at our dedicated content page on this subject.
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: 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.
Changing the air conditioning gas compressor on Citroen C1 costs about 500 euros with labor.

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