If you want to cool down in the summer months, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is becoming an almost mandatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Ford Explorer isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely the question we will try to answer in this article. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Ford Explorer from cooling down, and finally, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to fix this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Ford Explorer NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guidebook with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Ford Explorer is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Ford Explorer air con
One of the fairly known indicators that can alert 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 defective air conditioning system, it can be lasting or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a remedy to this malfunction, we suggest you to browse our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Ford Explorer.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Ford Explorer
One of the other indications that can warn you to a failing 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 signify a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite hard to notice without elaborate mechanical knowledge, 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 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 Ford Explorer
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Ford Explorer 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.
- Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Ford Explorer THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to notice the most important triggers of a Ford Explorer air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the different solutions available to you . First of all, you should know that an air conditioning system is sophisticated, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. Nevertheless, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before performing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Ford Explorer, don’t hesitate to check out our focused upon content 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 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.
Replacing the air conditioning gas compressor on Ford Explorer costs about 500 euros with labor.
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