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 mandatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Dodge Ram isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer in this article. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Dodge Ram from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Dodge Ram NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the symptoms that can justify that the air conditioning of your Dodge Ram is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Dodge Ram air con
One of the fairly basic clues 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 discover a solution to this failure, we recommend you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Dodge Ram.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Dodge Ram
One of the other symptoms that can alert you to a not working 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 verify for any dubious 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 difficult to spot without advanced mechanical skills, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are some possible motives for this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:
- Leakage of refrigerant gases
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Dodge Ram
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Dodge Ram 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 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 CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Dodge Ram THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to see the most important causes of a Dodge Ram air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the various solutions available to you . To begin with, 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 origin of the breakdown. However, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before carrying out any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Dodge Ram, don’t think twice to look at our focused upon article 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: 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 Dodge Ram costs about 500 euros with labor.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Dodge Ram, do not hesitate to consult our Dodge Ram category.
