Whether you want to cool down in the summer months, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is becoming an almost mandatory feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Nissan Leaf isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely 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 Nissan Leaf from cooling down, and at last, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to handle this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Nissan Leaf NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guide with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your Nissan Leaf is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Nissan Leaf air con
One of the fairly known clues 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 motor vehicle, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a faulty air conditioning system, it can be perpetual or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a solution to this failure, we advise you to read our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Nissan Leaf.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Nissan Leaf
One of the other indications that can inform you to a failing 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 faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite hard to spot without advanced mechanical skills, 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 for this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:
- Leakage of refrigerant gases
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Nissan Leaf
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Nissan Leaf is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer functioning. Here are the different origins 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 CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Nissan Leaf THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to discover the most important motives of a Nissan Leaf air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the various solutions available to you . To begin with, you should know that an air conditioning system is sophisticated, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not always the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. However, 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 Leaf, don’t think twice to check out our focused upon article 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 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, 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 Leaf costs about 500 euros with labor.
If you wish more guides on the Nissan Leaf, go to our Nissan Leaf category.
