Whether you want to cool down in the summer, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is becoming an almost mandatory feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Renault Trafic 3 isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely the question we will try to answer in this article. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Renault Trafic 3 from cooling down, and at last, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to deal with this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Renault Trafic 3 NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guide with the signs of illness that can justify that the air conditioning of your Renault Trafic 3 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Renault Trafic 3 air con
One of the fairly basic signs that can inform 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 defective air conditioning system, it can be permanent or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a solution to this failure, we suggest you to read our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Renault Trafic 3.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Renault Trafic 3
One of the other symptoms that can warn you to a failing 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 dubious noise). This noise could show a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite difficult 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 motives for this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:
- Leakage of refrigerant gases
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Renault Trafic 3
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Renault Trafic 3 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 problem: This will cause 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 Renault Trafic 3 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to see the most important triggers of a Renault Trafic 3 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 perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Nevertheless, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before carrying out any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Renault Trafic 3, don’t hesitate to check out our focused on content on this subject.
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 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.
Replacing the air conditioning gas compressor on Renault Trafic 3 costs about 500 euros with labor.
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