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 cars has grown to be an almost necessary feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Renault Captur isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer in this post. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Renault Captur from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to deal with this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Renault Captur NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guidebook with the signs of illness that can explain that the air conditioning of your Renault Captur is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Renault Captur air con
One of the fairly general signs that can warn 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 faulty air conditioning system, it can be permanent or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a solution to this malfunction, we suggest you to browse our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Renault Captur.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Renault Captur
One of the other indications that can notify you to a failing 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 suspicious noise). This noise could indicate a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite tricky to notice without complex mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer producing cold. There are several possible motives to do 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 Renault Captur
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Renault Captur 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 concern: This will trigger 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 Renault Captur THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to observe the most important causes of a Renault Captur air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the different solutions available to you . First of all, you should know that an air conditioning system is complicated, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not always the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Even so, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before performing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Renault Captur, don’t think twice to look at our focused on content on this subject matter.
If this is not enough, bleed and refill the coolant, which should cost you around 100aine euros.
Replacing 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, including the air conditioning refill.
Replacement of an air conditioning condenser: you will need to count about 200 euros.
Replacing the air conditioning gas compressor on Renault Captur costs about 500 euros with labor.
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