Whether you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles has become an almost necessary feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Peugeot 2008 isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely the question we will try to answer in this article. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Peugeot 2008 from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Peugeot 2008 NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your Peugeot 2008 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Peugeot 2008 air con
One of the fairly known indicators 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 lasting or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a remedy to this failure, we suggest you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Peugeot 2008.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Peugeot 2008
One of the other indications that can alert 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 dubious noise). This noise could show a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite tricky to notice without complex mechanical skills, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end 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 fumes
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Peugeot 2008
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Peugeot 2008 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 problem: This will cause 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 Peugeot 2008 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to discover the most important motives of a Peugeot 2008 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 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. Nevertheless, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before carrying out any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Peugeot 2008, don’t think twice to look at our dedicated 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, 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 Peugeot 2008 costs about 500 euros with labor.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Peugeot 2008, do not hesitate to consult our Peugeot 2008 category.
