If you want to cool down in the summer months, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles is now an almost mandatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Lexus UX isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely the question we will try to answer on this page. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Lexus UX from cooling down, and at last, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to handle this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Lexus UX NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guidebook with the symptoms that can justify that the air conditioning of your Lexus UX is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Lexus UX air con
One of the fairly basic indicators 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 just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a solution to this failure, we suggest you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Lexus UX.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Lexus UX
One of the other indicators that can alert 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 indicate a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite difficult to identify without elaborate mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are several possible motives 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 Lexus UX
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Lexus UX 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 bring about the device to trip.
- Faulty sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Lexus UX THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to see the main motives of a Lexus UX air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the different 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 constantly the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Nevertheless, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before executing any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Lexus UX, don’t hesitate to check out our focused on content page 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: based 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 Lexus UX costs about 500 euros with labor.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Lexus UX, do not hesitate to consult our Lexus UX category.
