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 is becoming an almost required feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Ford Flex isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly 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 Ford Flex from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to deal with this problem.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Ford Flex NO LONGER COLD?

We will start our guidebook with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your Ford Flex is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Ford Flex air con

One of the fairly known 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 motor vehicle, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a faulty air conditioning system, it can be perpetual or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a remedy to this malfunction, we recommend you to browse our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Ford Flex.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Ford Flex

One of the other signs that can alert you to a not working 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 verify for any dubious noise). This noise could reveal a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Quite tricky to notice without complex mechanical expertise, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are some possible motives for this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:

  • Leakage of refrigerant fumes
  • Non-functioning air conditioning compressor

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Ford Flex

Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Ford Flex is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer functioning. 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 concern: This will trigger 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 Ford Flex THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to discover the main triggers of a Ford Flex 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 carry out repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, assuming 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 performing any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Ford Flex, don’t hesitate to look at our dedicated 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 auto 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, 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 Flex costs about 500 euros with labor.

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