Whether you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles is now an almost necessary feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Volkswagen Atlas isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely the question we will try to answer in this post. First, we’ll look at the various problems that can prevent the air conditioning in your Volkswagen Atlas 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 Volkswagen Atlas NO LONGER COLD?
We will begin our guide with the signs of illness that can justify that the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Atlas is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Volkswagen Atlas air con
One of the fairly common 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 motor vehicle, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a faulty air conditioning system, it can be permanent or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a solution to this failure, we suggest you to go through our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Volkswagen Atlas.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Volkswagen Atlas
One of the other indicators that can notify 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 reveal a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite tricky to notice 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 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 Volkswagen Atlas
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Volkswagen Atlas is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer functioning. Here are the different origins 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 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 Volkswagen Atlas THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to observe the most important triggers of a Volkswagen Atlas 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 perform repairs yourself is not always the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Even so, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before performing any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Atlas, don’t hesitate to check out our focused upon content page 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 Volkswagen Atlas costs about 500 euros with labor.
If you have any further questions about the Volkswagen Atlas, do not hesitate to consult our Volkswagen Atlas category.
