Whether you want to cool down in the summer months, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles has grown to be an almost mandatory feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an GMC Yukon XL 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 Yukon XL from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to handle this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY GMC Yukon XL NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your GMC Yukon XL is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my GMC Yukon XL air con
One of the fairly general 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 defective air conditioning system, it can be perpetual or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a solution to this failure, we suggest you to read our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on GMC Yukon XL.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON GMC Yukon XL
One of the other indications that can notify you to a not working 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 defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite difficult to notice without complex mechanical expertise, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer producing cold. There are several possible motives to do 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 Yukon XL
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your GMC Yukon XL 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 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 GMC Yukon XL THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to observe the most important motives of a GMC Yukon XL air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the different solutions available to you . To begin with, you should know that an air conditioning system is complex, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Even so, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before carrying out any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your GMC Yukon XL, don’t think twice to look at our dedicated content on this subject matter.
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: 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 GMC Yukon XL costs about 500 euros with labor.
If you want more tutorials on the GMC Yukon XL, go to our GMC Yukon XL category.
