Whether you want to cool down in the summer, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles has become an almost necessary feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Kia Forte 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 Kia Forte from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to handle this problem.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Kia Forte NO LONGER COLD?

We will begin our guidebook with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Kia Forte is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Kia Forte air con

One of the fairly common indications 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 faulty air conditioning system, it can be perpetual or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a remedy to this failure, we suggest you to browse our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Kia Forte.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Kia Forte

One of the other indications 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 dubious noise). This noise could indicate a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Actually quite hard to identify without elaborate mechanical skills, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer producing cold. There are some possible motives 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 Forte

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Kia Forte 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 Kia Forte THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to discover the most important causes of a Kia Forte air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the various solutions available to you . To begin with, you should know that an air conditioning system is complex, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, supposing 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 executing any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Kia Forte, don’t hesitate to look at our dedicated article 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 Kia Forte costs about 500 euros with labor.

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