Whether you want to cool down in the summer, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is becoming an almost obligatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Kia Sedona isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely the question we will try to answer in this post. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Kia Sedona 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 Sedona NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justify that the air conditioning of your Kia Sedona is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Kia Sedona air con
One of the fairly basic indications 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 perpetual or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a remedy to this failure, we advise you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Kia Sedona.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Kia Sedona
One of the other symptoms 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 verify for any suspect noise). This noise could reveal a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite hard to notice without advanced mechanical expertise, 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 causes for 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 Sedona
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Kia Sedona 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 concern: 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 Sedona THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to discover the main causes of a Kia Sedona 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 perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, assuming 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 executing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Kia Sedona, 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 Sedona costs about 500 euros with labor.
If you have any additional questions about the Kia Sedona, do not hesitate to consult our Kia Sedona category.
