Whether you want to cool down in the summer, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles is becoming an almost required feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Mitsubishi Eclipse isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely the question we will try to answer in this article. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Mitsubishi Eclipse from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Mitsubishi Eclipse NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the signs of illness that can explain that the air conditioning of your Mitsubishi Eclipse is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Mitsubishi Eclipse air con
One of the fairly known 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 motor vehicle, 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 locate a remedy to this malfunction, we advise you to go through our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Mitsubishi Eclipse.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Mitsubishi Eclipse
One of the other symptoms that can notify you to a not working air conditioner is that you experience 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 show a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite tricky to identify without elaborate 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 below:
- Leakage of refrigerant fumes
- Non-functioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Mitsubishi Eclipse
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Mitsubishi Eclipse 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 functions:
- Compressor pulley HS: The compressor will be out of power and the circuit will be stopped.
- Overpressure problem: This will trigger the device to trip.
- Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Mitsubishi Eclipse THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to discover the main triggers of a Mitsubishi Eclipse air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present you the different solutions available to you . First of all, you should know that an air conditioning system is complicated, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, supposing that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. Even so, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before executing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Mitsubishi Eclipse, don’t think twice to look at our focused on content page on this subject.
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: 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.
Replacing the air conditioning gas compressor on Mitsubishi Eclipse costs about 500 euros with labor.
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