Whether you want to cool down in summer time, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in cars is now an almost required feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Volkswagen ID.4 isn’t cold anymore? This is precisely 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 ID.4 from cooling down, and finally, we’ll check out the solutions available to you to deal with this issue.

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WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Volkswagen ID.4 NO LONGER COLD?

We will begin our guidebook with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Volkswagen ID.4 is no longer cooling.

BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Volkswagen ID.4 air con

One of the fairly known indicators that can notify 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 only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a solution to this malfunction, we suggest you to go through our guidebook dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Volkswagen ID.4.

AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Volkswagen ID.4

One of the other indications that can warn you to a malfunctioning 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 suspect noise). This noise could indicate a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.

LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT

Quite difficult to spot without advanced mechanical expertise, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can end result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are some possible causes for this loss of pressure, and these are listed below:

  • Leakage of refrigerant fumes
  • nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor

AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Volkswagen ID.4

At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Volkswagen ID.4 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 cause the device to trip.
  • Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.

HOW DO I FIX THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Volkswagen ID.4 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?

Now that we have been able to observe the main causes of a Volkswagen ID.4 air conditioning system that no longer cools down, we are going to show you the various solutions available to you . To begin with, you should know that an air conditioning system is complex, and that wanting to carry out repairs yourself is not constantly the best idea, supposing that you are sure of the origin of the breakdown. However, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.

First step, before carrying out any major fix, clean the air conditioning of your Volkswagen ID.4, don’t think twice to check out our dedicated 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 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.
Changing the air conditioning gas compressor on Volkswagen ID.4 costs about 500 euros with labor.

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