If 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 become an almost obligatory feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Peugeot 309 isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly 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 Peugeot 309 from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Peugeot 309 NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the signs of illness that can justify that the air conditioning of your Peugeot 309 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Peugeot 309 air con
One of the fairly basic clues 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 motor vehicle, 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 find a solution to this malfunction, we advise you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Peugeot 309.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Peugeot 309
One of the other symptoms that can warn 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 suspect 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 hard to notice without elaborate mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer generating cold. There are some possible motives to do 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 309
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Peugeot 309 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 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 309 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to observe the most important triggers of a Peugeot 309 air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the different 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 always the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. However, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before undertaking any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Peugeot 309, don’t hesitate to look at our focused upon content page 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 309 costs about 500 euros with labor.
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