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 vehicles has grown to be an almost required feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Renault Vel Satis 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 Renault Vel Satis from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to fix this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Renault Vel Satis NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justify that the air conditioning of your Renault Vel Satis is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Renault Vel Satis air con
One of the fairly common signs 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 faulty air conditioning system, it can be permanent or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To discover a remedy to this failure, we suggest you to go through our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Renault Vel Satis.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Renault Vel Satis
One of the other indicators that can notify you to a not working 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 check for any suspect noise). This noise could signify a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite hard to identify without complex mechanical skills, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer producing cold. There are some possible causes for this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:
- Leakage of refrigerant fumes
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Renault Vel Satis
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Renault Vel Satis 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 works:
- Compressor pulley HS: The compressor will be out of power and the circuit will be stopped.
- Overpressure problem: 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 Vel Satis THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to discover the most important motives of a Renault Vel Satis 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 complex, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not always the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. Even so, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before executing any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Renault Vel Satis, don’t hesitate to look at our focused on article 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 auto parts and around 100 euros more for labour.
Searching for and repairing an air conditioning leak: based 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 Vel Satis costs about 500 euros with labor.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Renault Vel Satis, do not hesitate to consult our Renault Vel Satis category.
