If 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 is now an almost mandatory feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Peugeot 206 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 206 from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to handle this problem.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Peugeot 206 NO LONGER COLD?

We will start our guide with the signs of illness that can justified that the air conditioning of your Peugeot 206 is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Peugeot 206 air con

One of the fairly known 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 car, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a faulty air conditioning system, it can be permanent or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a solution to this failure, we advise you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Peugeot 206 .

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Peugeot 206

One of the other signs that can alert you to a malfunctioning 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 verify 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 tricky to identify without elaborate 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 causes for this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:

  • Leakage of refrigerant gases
  • nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Peugeot 206

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Peugeot 206 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 functions:

  • 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 FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Peugeot 206 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to notice the main triggers of a Peugeot 206 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 complicated, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, assuming 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 undertaking any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Peugeot 206 , don’t hesitate to look at our dedicated article 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 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 Peugeot 206 costs about 500 euros with labor.

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