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 now an almost mandatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Mercedes Benz C Class 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 Mercedes Benz C Class 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 Mercedes Benz C Class NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guide with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your Mercedes Benz C Class is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Mercedes Benz C Class air con
One of the fairly known signs that can warn 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 remedy to this failure, we advise you to read our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Mercedes Benz C Class.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Mercedes Benz C Class
One of the other indications 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 check for any suspicious noise). This noise could reveal a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite difficult to spot without elaborate mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer producing cold. There are several 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 Mercedes Benz C Class
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Mercedes Benz C Class 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 cause 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 Mercedes Benz C Class THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to notice the most important motives of a Mercedes Benz C Class 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 sophisticated, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not always the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. However, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before carrying out any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Mercedes Benz C Class, don’t hesitate to check out our dedicated content 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, 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 Mercedes Benz C Class costs about 500 euros with labor.
To get more tips on the Mercedes Benz C Class, take a look at the Mercedes Benz C Class category.
