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 recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Vauxhall Corsa 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 Vauxhall Corsa from cooling down, and finally, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to fix this problem.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Vauxhall Corsa NO LONGER COLD?

We will start our guide with the signs of illness that can explain that the air conditioning of your Vauxhall Corsa is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Vauxhall Corsa air con

One of the fairly basic clues 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 faulty air conditioning system, it can be lasting or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a solution to this failure, we suggest you to read our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Vauxhall Corsa.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Vauxhall Corsa

One of the other indications 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 check for any suspicious noise). This noise could signify a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Actually quite difficult to spot 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 causes for this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:

  • Leakage of refrigerant gases
  • nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Vauxhall Corsa

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Vauxhall Corsa 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 functions:

  • 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 Vauxhall Corsa THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to notice the most important causes of a Vauxhall Corsa air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the various solutions available to you . First of all, you should know that an air conditioning system is elaborate, and that wanting to perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, supposing 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 carrying out any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Vauxhall Corsa, don’t hesitate to check out our focused upon 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 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, 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 Vauxhall Corsa costs about 500 euros with labor.

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