If 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 now an almost mandatory feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Renault Zoe isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer in this post. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Renault Zoe from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to handle this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Renault Zoe NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your Renault Zoe is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Renault Zoe air con
One of the fairly general signs that can warn 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 perpetual or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a remedy to this malfunction, we recommend you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Renault Zoe.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Renault Zoe
One of the other symptoms 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 verify for any suspect noise). This noise could reveal a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite hard 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 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 Zoe
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Renault Zoe 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 cause the device to trip.
- Faulty sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Renault Zoe THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to discover the main motives of a Renault Zoe 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 sophisticated, 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. Nevertheless, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before performing any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Renault Zoe, don’t hesitate to look at our dedicated 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 Zoe costs about 500 euros with labor.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Renault Zoe, do not hesitate to consult our Renault Zoe category.
