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 obligatory feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Kia Carens isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely 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 Kia Carens from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to deal with this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Kia Carens NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guide with the symptoms that can justify that the air conditioning of your Kia Carens is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Kia Carens air con
One of the fairly common indications 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 failure, we recommend you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Kia Carens.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Kia Carens
One of the other indications that can alert 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 check for any dubious 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 spot without complex mechanical expertise, 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
- Non-functioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Kia Carens
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Kia Carens 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 works:
- Compressor pulley HS: The compressor will be out of power and the circuit will be stopped.
- Overpressure problem: This will trigger 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 Kia Carens THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to see the most important triggers of a Kia Carens air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present you the different solutions available to you . First of all, you should know that an air conditioning system is complicated, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. Nevertheless, 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 Kia Carens, don’t hesitate 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: 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.
Replacing the air conditioning gas compressor on Kia Carens costs about 500 euros with labor.
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