If you want to cool down in the summer months, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is now an almost necessary feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Citroen C3 Aircross 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 Citroen C3 Aircross 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 C3 Aircross NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your Citroen C3 Aircross is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Citroen C3 Aircross air con
One of the fairly common indicators that can inform 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 defective air conditioning system, it can be lasting or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a remedy to this failure, we recommend you to browse our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Citroen C3 Aircross.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Citroen C3 Aircross
One of the other signs that can notify 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 show a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite tricky to identify without elaborate mechanical skills, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer generating 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 Citroen C3 Aircross
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Citroen C3 Aircross 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 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 RESOLVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Citroen C3 Aircross THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to see the most important causes of a Citroen C3 Aircross 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 sophisticated, and that wanting to perform 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 performing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Citroen C3 Aircross, don’t hesitate to check out our dedicated 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: 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 C3 Aircross costs about 500 euros with labor.
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