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 vehicles has grown to be an almost mandatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Opel Meriva isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely 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 Opel Meriva from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to deal with this problem.

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

We will start our guidebook with the signs of illness that can justified that the air conditioning of your Opel Meriva is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Opel Meriva air con

One of the fairly known clues that can notify 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 lasting or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a remedy to this failure, we suggest you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Opel Meriva.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Opel Meriva

One of the other indications that can inform 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 check for any dubious noise). This noise could signify a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Quite difficult to spot without complex 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 Meriva

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Opel Meriva 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 works:

  • Compressor pulley HS: The compressor will be out of power and the circuit will be stopped.
  • Overpressure problem: This will bring about 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 Meriva THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been capable to notice the main motives of a Opel Meriva air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present you the different solutions available to you . To begin with, you should know that an air conditioning system is complex, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. However, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.

First step, before executing any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Opel Meriva, don’t think twice to look at our dedicated 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 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, 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 Meriva costs about 500 euros with labor.

If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Opel Meriva, do not hesitate to consult our Opel Meriva category.