Whether 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 now an almost required feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Fiat 500 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 Fiat 500 from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to deal with this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Fiat 500 NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guide with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your Fiat 500 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Fiat 500 air con
One of the fairly common signs that can warn you to the fact that your air conditioning is not working is if you have a musty or damp smell inside your motor vehicle, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a defective air conditioning system, it can be permanent or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a remedy to this malfunction, we advise you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Fiat 500.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Fiat 500
One of the other symptoms that can warn 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 verify for any suspicious noise). This noise could signify a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite difficult to identify 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 causes to do this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:
- Leakage of refrigerant gases
- Non-functioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Fiat 500
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Fiat 500 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 functions:
- Compressor pulley HS: The compressor will be out of power and the circuit will be stopped.
- Overpressure problem: This will bring about the device to trip.
- Faulty sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Fiat 500 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to see the main causes of a Fiat 500 air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present you the various 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, supposing that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. However, 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 Fiat 500, don’t hesitate to look at our focused on content on this subject.
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 Fiat 500 costs about 500 euros with labor.
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