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 has become an almost obligatory feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Renault Twizy isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly 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 Twizy from cooling down, and finally, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to deal with this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Renault Twizy NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Renault Twizy is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Renault Twizy air con
One of the fairly common indications 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 defective air conditioning system, it can be perpetual or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a solution to this malfunction, we suggest you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Renault Twizy.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Renault Twizy
One of the other signs that can notify 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 suspicious noise). This noise could indicate a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite difficult to notice without elaborate 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 some possible motives for this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:
- Leakage of refrigerant gases
- Non-functioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Renault Twizy
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Renault Twizy is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer functioning. 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.
- Faulty sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Renault Twizy THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to notice the most important causes of a Renault Twizy air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to present you the various solutions available to you . First of all, you should know that an air conditioning system is sophisticated, 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. Even so, 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 Renault Twizy, don’t think twice to check out our dedicated content page 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, 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 Twizy costs about 500 euros with labor.
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