If you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is becoming an almost mandatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Kia Optima 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 Kia Optima from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to handle this issue.

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

We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Kia Optima is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Kia Optima air con

One of the fairly common indicators that can notify you to the fact that your air conditioning is not working 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 discover a solution to this malfunction, we suggest you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Kia Optima.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Kia Optima

One of the other indications that can warn 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 check for any suspect 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 elaborate mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are several possible motives to do this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:

  • Leakage of refrigerant gases
  • Non-functioning air conditioning compressor

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Kia Optima

Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Kia Optima is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer functioning. Here are the different roots 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 cause the device to trip.
  • Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.

HOW DO I CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Kia Optima THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to discover the main motives of a Kia Optima 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 sophisticated, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, supposing that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Even so, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.

First step, before carrying out any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Kia Optima, don’t think twice to look at our focused upon 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 Optima costs about 500 euros with labor.

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