Whether you want to cool down in the summer, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles has grown to be an almost necessary feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Opel Crossland isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer in this post. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Opel Crossland from cooling down, and at last, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to fix this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Opel Crossland NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Opel Crossland is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Opel Crossland air con
One of the fairly known indications that can alert you to the fact that your air conditioning is not working 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 perpetual or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a remedy to this malfunction, we suggest you to read our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Opel Crossland.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Opel Crossland
One of the other indications that can alert you to a malfunctioning 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 verify for any dubious noise). This noise could reveal a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite hard to spot without elaborate mechanical skills, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer generating cold. There are several possible causes for 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 Opel Crossland
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Opel Crossland 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 Opel Crossland THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to notice the most important triggers of a Opel Crossland 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 sophisticated, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not always the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Nevertheless, 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 Opel Crossland, don’t hesitate to check out our focused on 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 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 Opel Crossland costs about 500 euros with labor.
If you need more guides on the Opel Crossland, go to our Opel Crossland category.
