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 grown to be an almost mandatory feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Fiat 500 X 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 X from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this issue.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Fiat 500 X NO LONGER COLD?

We will start our guidebook with the signs of illness that can explain that the air conditioning of your Fiat 500 X is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Fiat 500 X air con

One of the fairly known indications that can alert 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 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 Fiat 500 X.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Fiat 500 X

One of the other signs that can alert 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 suspicious noise). This noise could show a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Actually quite tricky to spot without elaborate mechanical expertise, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are several possible causes 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 Fiat 500 X

Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Fiat 500 X is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer working. Here are the different origins 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 trigger 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 Fiat 500 X THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been capable to notice the main causes of a Fiat 500 X 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 constantly the best idea, presuming 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 undertaking any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Fiat 500 X, don’t hesitate 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 auto 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, 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 Fiat 500 X costs about 500 euros with labor.

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