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 become an almost obligatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Mitsubishi L200 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 Mitsubishi L200 from cooling down, and at last, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to fix this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Mitsubishi L200 NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Mitsubishi L200 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Mitsubishi L200 air con
One of the fairly known indicators that can alert you to the fact that your air conditioning is not functioning is if you have a musty or damp smell inside your car, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a defective air conditioning system, it can be perpetual or only 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 Mitsubishi L200.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Mitsubishi L200
One of the other symptoms that can alert 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 suspicious noise). This noise could show a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite hard to spot without complex mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are some possible motives to do this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:
- Leakage of refrigerant gases
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Mitsubishi L200
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Mitsubishi L200 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 works:
- Compressor pulley HS: The compressor will be out of power and the circuit will be stopped.
- Overpressure concern: 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 L200 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to discover the main triggers of a Mitsubishi L200 air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present you the various 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, supposing 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 undertaking any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Mitsubishi L200, don’t hesitate to check out our dedicated content page on this subject matter.
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 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.
Replacing the air conditioning gas compressor on Mitsubishi L200 costs about 500 euros with labor.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Mitsubishi L200, do not hesitate to consult our Mitsubishi L200 category.
