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 has become an almost required feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Kia Picanto isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer in this article. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Kia Picanto 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 Picanto NO LONGER COLD?

We will start our guide with the signs of illness that can explain that the air conditioning of your Kia Picanto is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Kia Picanto air con

One of the fairly known clues 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 faulty 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 suggest you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Kia Picanto.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Kia Picanto

One of the other symptoms that can notify you to a malfunctioning 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 dubious noise). This noise could reveal 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 skills, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are some possible causes for this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:

  • Leakage of refrigerant fumes
  • nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor

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

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Kia Picanto is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer working. Here are the different roots 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 trigger the device to trip.
  • Faulty sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.

HOW DO I FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Kia Picanto THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to notice the most important causes of a Kia Picanto 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 elaborate, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. Even so, 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 Kia Picanto, don’t think twice to look at our focused on article on this subject matter.
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, counting 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 Kia Picanto costs about 500 euros with labor.

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