If you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles has become an almost required feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Ds Ds 5 isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly 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 Ds Ds 5 from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to handle this problem.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Ds Ds 5 NO LONGER COLD?

We will begin our guide with the symptoms that can justify that the air conditioning of your Ds Ds 5 is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Ds Ds 5 air con

One of the fairly known signs that can notify 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 perpetual or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a solution to this failure, we suggest you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Ds Ds 5.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Ds Ds 5

One of the other indicators that can notify you to a not working 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 suspicious noise). This noise could show a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Actually quite hard to spot without elaborate 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 several possible causes for 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 Ds Ds 5

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Ds Ds 5 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 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 FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Ds Ds 5 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to see the most important triggers of a Ds Ds 5 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 sophisticated, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not always the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Even so, 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 Ds Ds 5, don’t hesitate to look at 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, counting 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 Ds Ds 5 costs about 500 euros with labor.

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