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 cars is now an almost required feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Infiniti QX50 isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer in this post. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Infiniti QX50 from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Infiniti QX50 NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guidebook with the signs of illness that can justified that the air conditioning of your Infiniti QX50 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Infiniti QX50 air con
One of the fairly common indicators 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 car, 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 locate a solution to this malfunction, we recommend you to read our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Infiniti QX50.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Infiniti QX50
One of the other signs that can warn you to a malfunctioning 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 check for any dubious 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 tricky to spot without advanced mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer producing cold. There are some possible motives for this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:
- Leakage of refrigerant gases
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Infiniti QX50
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Infiniti QX50 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 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 RESOLVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Infiniti QX50 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to discover the most important triggers of a Infiniti QX50 air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present 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. However, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before undertaking any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Infiniti QX50, don’t think twice to look at 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.
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: based 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 Infiniti QX50 costs about 500 euros with labor.
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