Whether 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 obligatory feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Volkswagen Golf isn’t cold anymore? This is exactly the question we will try to answer on this page. First, we’ll look at the various complications that can prevent the air conditioning in your Volkswagen Golf from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to handle this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Volkswagen Golf NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the symptoms that can explain that the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Golf is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Volkswagen Golf air con
One of the fairly known signs that can warn 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 perpetual or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a remedy to this failure, we suggest you to read our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Volkswagen Golf.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Volkswagen Golf
One of the other symptoms that can alert you to a not working 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 suspicious noise). This noise could reveal a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Quite difficult to spot without complex mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer generating cold. There are several possible causes 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 Volkswagen Golf
Finally, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Volkswagen Golf 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 concern: This will bring about 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 Volkswagen Golf THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to see the most important motives of a Volkswagen Golf 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 complicated, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not constantly 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 carrying out any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Golf, don’t hesitate to look at our dedicated content page 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, 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 Volkswagen Golf costs about 500 euros with labor.
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