If 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 obligatory feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Renault Clio 2 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 Renault Clio 2 from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this issue.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Renault Clio 2 NO LONGER COLD?

We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justify that the air conditioning of your Renault Clio 2 is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Renault Clio 2 air con

One of the fairly general indications that can notify 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 defective air conditioning system, it can be lasting or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a solution to this failure, we advise you to go through our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Renault Clio 2.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Renault Clio 2

One of the other signs that can alert you to a not working 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 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 tricky to identify without elaborate mechanical expertise, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are some possible causes 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 Clio 2

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Renault Clio 2 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.
  • Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.

HOW DO I CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Renault Clio 2 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to discover the main triggers of a Renault Clio 2 air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present 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 constantly 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 performing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Renault Clio 2, don’t think twice to look at our dedicated article 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 Renault Clio 2 costs about 500 euros with labor.

If you have any additional questions about the Renault Clio 2, do not hesitate to consult our Renault Clio 2 category.