If you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars has become an almost obligatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Opel Corsa isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer on this page. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Opel Corsa from cooling down, and at last, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to fix this problem.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Opel Corsa NO LONGER COLD?

We will begin our guidebook with the signs of illness that can explain that the air conditioning of your Opel Corsa is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Opel Corsa air con

One of the fairly general indications 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 recommend you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Opel Corsa.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Opel Corsa

One of the other signs that can warn 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 dubious noise). This noise could indicate a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Quite hard to identify without advanced mechanical skills, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer generating cold. There are several possible motives for this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:

  • Leakage of refrigerant fumes
  • Non-functioning air conditioning compressor

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Opel Corsa

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Opel Corsa 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 functions:

  • 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 Opel Corsa THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been capable to observe the main motives of a Opel Corsa 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 complex, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not always the best idea, assuming 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 undertaking any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Opel Corsa, don’t think twice to check out our focused on content 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: 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 Opel Corsa costs about 500 euros with labor.

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