If 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 grown to be an almost necessary feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Nissan Frontier isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly 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 Nissan Frontier from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Nissan Frontier NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guide with the symptoms that can justify that the air conditioning of your Nissan Frontier is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Nissan Frontier air con
One of the fairly basic indicators that can inform 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 lasting or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a remedy to this malfunction, we suggest you to read our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Nissan Frontier.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Nissan Frontier
One of the other signs that can warn 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 check for any suspect noise). This noise could indicate a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite difficult 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 several possible causes to do this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:
- Leakage of refrigerant fumes
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Nissan Frontier
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Nissan Frontier 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 concern: This will trigger the device to trip.
- Faulty sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I RESOLVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Nissan Frontier THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to see the most important triggers of a Nissan Frontier 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 elaborate, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. Even so, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before executing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Nissan Frontier, don’t think twice to look at 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.
Changing 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: based 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 Nissan Frontier costs about 500 euros with labor.
If you want more tutorials on the Nissan Frontier, go to our Nissan Frontier category.
