If you want to cool down in the summer months, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars has become an almost mandatory feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an hyundai i10 isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely the question we will try to answer on this page. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your hyundai i10 from cooling down, and finally, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to handle this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY hyundai i10 NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guide with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your hyundai i10 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my hyundai i10 air con
One of the fairly basic indications that can warn 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 permanent or only 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 hyundai i10.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON hyundai i10
One of the other indicators that can alert 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 suspect noise). This noise could reveal a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite hard to notice without complex mechanical skills, 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 motives for 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 hyundai i10
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your hyundai i10 is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer working. 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 FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY hyundai i10 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to notice the main triggers of a hyundai i10 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 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. However, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before executing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your hyundai i10, don’t think twice to check out our focused on content page 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 hyundai i10 costs about 500 euros with labor.
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