If you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles has become an almost mandatory feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Tesla Model 3 isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely 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 Tesla Model 3 from cooling down, and finally, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to handle this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Tesla Model 3 NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Tesla Model 3 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Tesla Model 3 air con
One of the fairly basic 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 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 discover a solution to this malfunction, we advise you to go through our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Tesla Model 3.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Tesla Model 3
One of the other signs that can warn you to a failing 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 dubious noise). This noise could show a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite hard to identify without elaborate mechanical skills, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer generating 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 Tesla Model 3
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Tesla Model 3 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 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 CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Tesla Model 3 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to see the main motives of a Tesla Model 3 air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the different solutions available to you . To begin with, you should know that an air conditioning system is sophisticated, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, presuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. However, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before performing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Tesla Model 3, don’t think twice to check out our focused on article on this subject matter.
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 Tesla Model 3 costs about 500 euros with labor.
Whenever you have any additional questions about the Tesla Model 3, do not hesitate to consult our Tesla Model 3 category.
