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 is now an almost required feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Nissan Micra 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 Micra from cooling down, and finally, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to fix this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Nissan Micra NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justify that the air conditioning of your Nissan Micra is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Nissan Micra air con
One of the fairly basic clues that can notify 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 lasting or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a solution to this failure, we suggest you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Nissan Micra.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Nissan Micra
One of the other symptoms that can warn you to a failing 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 reveal a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite hard to identify without elaborate 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 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 Micra
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Nissan Micra is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer working. 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 cause 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 Micra THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to see the most important causes of a Nissan Micra 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 complex, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not always the best idea, supposing that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. Nevertheless, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before undertaking any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Nissan Micra, don’t hesitate to check out our focused on content 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, including 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 Micra costs about 500 euros with labor.
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