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 vehicles has become an almost mandatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Mercedes Benz E 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 E Class from cooling down, and at last, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to deal with this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Mercedes Benz E Class NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Mercedes Benz E Class is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Mercedes Benz E Class air con
One of the fairly common indicators 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 car, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a faulty air conditioning system, it can be lasting or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a remedy to this failure, we recommend you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Mercedes Benz E Class.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Mercedes Benz E Class
One of the other indicators that can notify you to a failing 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 suspect noise). This noise could indicate a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite tricky to spot without complex mechanical expertise, 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 for this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:
- Leakage of refrigerant fumes
- Non-functioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Mercedes Benz E Class
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Mercedes Benz E Class 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 FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Mercedes Benz E Class THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to see the main causes of a Mercedes Benz E Class 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 perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, presuming 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 Mercedes Benz E Class, don’t hesitate to check out our focused upon 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 auto 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.
Changing the air conditioning gas compressor on Mercedes Benz E Class costs about 500 euros with labor.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Mercedes Benz E Class, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Benz E Class category.
