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 grown to be an almost obligatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Ford C Max 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 Ford C Max from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to handle this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Ford C Max NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the signs of illness that can explain that the air conditioning of your Ford C Max is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Ford C Max air con
One of the fairly basic indications 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 car, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a faulty air conditioning system, it can be permanent or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a solution to this failure, we recommend you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Ford C Max.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Ford C Max
One of the other signs 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 suspicious noise). This noise could reveal a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite hard to notice without complex 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 some possible motives for 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 Ford C Max
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Ford C Max 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 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 Ford C Max THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to see the most important motives of a Ford C Max 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 complex, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, assuming 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 executing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Ford C Max, don’t hesitate to look at our dedicated 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: depending 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 Ford C Max costs about 500 euros with labor.
Whenever you have any additional questions about the Ford C Max, do not hesitate to consult our Ford C Max category.
