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 has become an almost mandatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Mitsubishi Mirage isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer in this post. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Mitsubishi Mirage from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this problem.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Mitsubishi Mirage NO LONGER COLD?

We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Mitsubishi Mirage is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Mitsubishi Mirage 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 permanent or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a solution to this failure, we recommend you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Mitsubishi Mirage.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Mitsubishi Mirage

One of the other indicators that can notify 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 verify for any suspect noise). This noise could signify a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Actually quite tricky to spot without advanced mechanical expertise, 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 for this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:

  • Leakage of refrigerant fumes
  • nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Mitsubishi Mirage

Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Mitsubishi Mirage 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 trigger the device to trip.
  • Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.

HOW DO I RESOLVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Mitsubishi Mirage THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to see the main causes of a Mitsubishi Mirage air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present you the various solutions available to you . To begin with, you should know that an air conditioning system is elaborate, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, supposing that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. Nevertheless, 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 Mirage, don’t hesitate to look at our focused upon article 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, 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 Mitsubishi Mirage costs about 500 euros with labor.

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