If you want to cool down in the summer, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is becoming an almost mandatory feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Fiat Stilo 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 Stilo from cooling down, and at last, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to deal with this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Fiat Stilo NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guide with the symptoms that can justify that the air conditioning of your Fiat Stilo is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Fiat Stilo air con
One of the fairly basic signs 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 only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a solution to this failure, we suggest you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Fiat Stilo.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Fiat Stilo
One of the other symptoms that can warn 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 suspicious noise). This noise could indicate a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually 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 producing cold. There are several possible motives to do 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 Fiat Stilo
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Fiat Stilo 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 concern: This will trigger 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 Fiat Stilo THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to discover the most important causes of a Fiat Stilo 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 complicated, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. However, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before carrying out any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Fiat Stilo, don’t think twice to check out our dedicated content 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, including 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 Stilo costs about 500 euros with labor.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Fiat Stilo, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat Stilo category.
