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 required feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Subaru Outback isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly 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 Subaru Outback from cooling down, and at last, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to handle this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Subaru Outback NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the signs of illness that can justify that the air conditioning of your Subaru Outback is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Subaru Outback air con
One of the fairly general indications that can alert you to the fact that your air conditioning is not working 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 lasting or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a remedy to this failure, we advise you to read our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Subaru Outback.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Subaru Outback
One of the other signs that can alert you to a malfunctioning 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 suspicious noise). This noise could signify a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite tricky to spot without elaborate mechanical expertise, 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 motives 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 Subaru Outback
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Subaru Outback 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 concern: This will bring about the device to trip.
- Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I RESOLVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Subaru Outback THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been capable to notice the main causes of a Subaru Outback 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, supposing that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Even so, 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 Subaru Outback, 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: 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 Subaru Outback costs about 500 euros with labor.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Subaru Outback, do not hesitate to consult our Subaru Outback category.
