Whether you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is now an almost required feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Peugeot 208 isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely 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 Peugeot 208 from cooling down, and finally, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to handle this issue.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Peugeot 208 NO LONGER COLD?

We will begin our guidebook with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Peugeot 208 is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Peugeot 208 air con

One of the fairly general clues 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 lasting or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a solution to this failure, we suggest you to browse our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Peugeot 208.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Peugeot 208

One of the other indications 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 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 tricky to notice without advanced mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer generating cold. There are some 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 Peugeot 208

Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Peugeot 208 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 bring about the device to trip.
  • Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.

HOW DO I FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Peugeot 208 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been capable to observe the main motives of a Peugeot 208 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 elaborate, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, supposing that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. Even so, 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 208, don’t hesitate to check out our focused on 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, 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 208 costs about 500 euros with labor.

If you want more guides on the Peugeot 208, go to our Peugeot 208 category.