Whether you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is becoming an almost obligatory feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Ford Ranger 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 Ranger from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Ford Ranger NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Ford Ranger is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Ford Ranger air con
One of the fairly general 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 motor vehicle, 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 locate a solution to this failure, we recommend you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Ford Ranger.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Ford Ranger
One of the other symptoms 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 suspicious noise). This noise could reveal a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite tricky to notice without elaborate mechanical skills, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer generating cold. There are several possible causes to do 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 Ranger
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Ford Ranger 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 RESOLVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Ford Ranger THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to observe the main motives of a Ford Ranger 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 complicated, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not always the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. Even so, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before performing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Ford Ranger, don’t think twice 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.
Replacing 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, 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 Ranger costs about 500 euros with labor.
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