If you want to cool down in the summer months, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is now an almost necessary feature lately. But what if the air conditioning in an Suzuki Alto isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer in this article. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Suzuki Alto from cooling down, and at last, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to handle this issue.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Suzuki Alto NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guidebook with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Suzuki Alto is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Suzuki Alto air con
One of the fairly basic indicators 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 locate a solution to this failure, we advise you to read our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Suzuki Alto.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Suzuki Alto
One of the other symptoms that can alert 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 check for any dubious noise). This noise could indicate a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite difficult to notice without advanced mechanical skills, 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 to do this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:
- Leakage of refrigerant fumes
- Non-functioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Suzuki Alto
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Suzuki Alto is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer working. Here are the different origins 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 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 RESOLVE THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Suzuki Alto THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to see the most important motives of a Suzuki Alto 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 complex, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. Nevertheless, 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 Suzuki Alto, don’t hesitate to look at our focused upon content on this subject.
If this is not enough, bleed and refill the coolant, which should cost you around 100aine euros.
Changing 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: 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.
Changing the air conditioning gas compressor on Suzuki Alto costs about 500 euros with labor.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Suzuki Alto, do not hesitate to consult our Suzuki Alto category.
