Whether you want to cool down in the summer, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles is becoming an almost mandatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an GMC Canyon 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 GMC Canyon from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this problem.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY GMC Canyon NO LONGER COLD?

We will start our guidebook with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your GMC Canyon is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my GMC Canyon air con

One of the fairly common clues that can inform 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 find a remedy to this malfunction, we suggest you to browse our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on GMC Canyon.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON GMC Canyon

One of the other indicators that can notify you to a malfunctioning 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 signify a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Actually quite difficult to notice 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 several possible causes for this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:

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

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my GMC Canyon

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your GMC Canyon 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 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 FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY GMC Canyon THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to see the main motives of a GMC Canyon air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the various 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 always the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Even so, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.

First step, before undertaking any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your GMC Canyon, don’t think twice to look at our focused on content 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 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.
Changing the air conditioning gas compressor on GMC Canyon costs about 500 euros with labor.

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