Whether you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles has grown to be an almost obligatory feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Lincoln MKX isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly 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 Lincoln MKX 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 Lincoln MKX NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guide with the signs of illness that can justified that the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKX is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Lincoln MKX 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 perpetual or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a solution to this failure, we advise you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Lincoln MKX.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Lincoln MKX
One of the other signs that can inform 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 check for any dubious noise). This noise could indicate a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite difficult to notice without complex mechanical knowledge, 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 motives to do 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 Lincoln MKX
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Lincoln MKX 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 bring about 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 Lincoln MKX THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to see the most important causes of a Lincoln MKX air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present you the different solutions available to you . To begin with, you should know that an air conditioning system is complicated, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not always the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. However, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before executing any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Lincoln MKX, don’t hesitate to check out our focused upon article on this subject.
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 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.
Changing the air conditioning gas compressor on Lincoln MKX costs about 500 euros with labor.
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