If you want to cool down in the summer, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is now an almost required feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an GMC Terrain 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 GMC Terrain from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY GMC Terrain NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the signs of illness that can explain that the air conditioning of your GMC Terrain is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my GMC Terrain air con
One of the fairly general signs that can notify you to the fact that your air conditioning is not functioning is if you have a musty or damp smell inside your car, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a faulty air conditioning system, it can be lasting or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a remedy to this malfunction, we suggest you to go through our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on GMC Terrain.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON GMC Terrain
One of the other symptoms 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 verify for any suspect noise). This noise could show a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite tricky to notice without complex 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 some possible causes to do this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:
- Leakage of refrigerant fumes
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my GMC Terrain
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your GMC Terrain 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 cause the device to trip.
- Faulty sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY GMC Terrain THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to notice the main motives of a GMC Terrain 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 elaborate, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, supposing 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 Terrain, don’t think twice to look at our focused upon content page 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 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, including 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 Terrain costs about 500 euros with labor.
If you have any further questions about the GMC Terrain, do not hesitate to consult our GMC Terrain category.
