Whether you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars has become an almost necessary feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Mercedes Benz GLK isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely the question we will try to answer on this page. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Mercedes Benz GLK from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to deal with this problem.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Mercedes Benz GLK NO LONGER COLD?

We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justify that the air conditioning of your Mercedes Benz GLK is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Mercedes Benz GLK air con

One of the fairly common 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 car, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a faulty air conditioning system, it can be permanent or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a solution to this failure, we advise you to go through our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Mercedes Benz GLK.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Mercedes Benz GLK

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 suspect noise). This noise could reveal a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Quite difficult to identify without complex mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer generating cold. There are some possible causes for this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:

  • Leakage of refrigerant fumes
  • Non-functioning air conditioning compressor

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Mercedes Benz GLK

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Mercedes Benz GLK 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 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 FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Mercedes Benz GLK THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to notice the main causes of a Mercedes Benz GLK 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 perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Even so, 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 Mercedes Benz GLK, don’t hesitate to look at 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: 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 Mercedes Benz GLK costs about 500 euros with labor.

If you want more guides on the Mercedes Benz GLK, go to our Mercedes Benz GLK category.