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 is now an almost obligatory feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Lexus GX isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely 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 Lexus GX from cooling down, and finally, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to deal with this problem.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Lexus GX NO LONGER COLD?

We will start our guide with the signs of illness that can justified that the air conditioning of your Lexus GX is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Lexus GX air con

One of the fairly general indications that can inform 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 lasting or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a solution to this failure, we suggest you to go through our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Lexus GX.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Lexus GX

One of the other signs that can notify 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 reveal a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Quite hard to spot without advanced mechanical expertise, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are some possible causes to do this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:

  • Leakage of refrigerant fumes
  • nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Lexus GX

Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Lexus GX 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 bring about 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 Lexus GX THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to see the main causes of a Lexus GX air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the different solutions available to you . First of all, 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. However, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.

First step, before performing any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Lexus GX, don’t hesitate to check out 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.
Replacing 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: 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 Lexus GX costs about 500 euros with labor.

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