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 become an almost necessary feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Ford Mustang isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly 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 Mustang from cooling down, and at last, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to fix this issue.

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

We will start our guide with the signs of illness that can explain that the air conditioning of your Ford Mustang is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Ford Mustang air con

One of the fairly basic indications that can inform you to the fact that your air conditioning is not working 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 permanent or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a remedy to this malfunction, we suggest you to go through our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Ford Mustang.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Ford Mustang

One of the other indicators that can notify 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 verify for any suspicious noise). This noise could indicate a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Quite hard to identify without advanced mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are some possible causes to do this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:

  • Leakage of refrigerant gases
  • nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor

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

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Ford Mustang 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 problem: This will cause the device to trip.
  • Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.

HOW DO I RESOLVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Ford Mustang THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to notice the most important motives of a Ford Mustang air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present you the different solutions available to you . To begin with, you should know that an air conditioning system is complex, and that wanting to carry out 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 fix, clean the air conditioning of your Ford Mustang, don’t hesitate to check out our dedicated article 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, including 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 Mustang costs about 500 euros with labor.

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