If you want to cool down in the summer months, or help you clear the fog from your windshield in the winter, air conditioning in vehicles is becoming an almost required feature recently. But what if the air conditioning in an Volkswagen Polo 3 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 Polo 3 from cooling down, and finally, we’ll look at the solutions available to you to deal with this problem.
WHY IS THE AIR CONDITIONING IN MY Volkswagen Polo 3 NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the signs of illness that can justify that the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Polo 3 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Volkswagen Polo 3 air con
One of the fairly basic indications 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 lasting or only present when you turn on your air conditioning. To locate a solution to this failure, we recommend you to read our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Volkswagen Polo 3.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Volkswagen Polo 3
One of the other indications that can notify 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 show a faulty air conditioning clutch or a faulty customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite hard to identify without advanced mechanical knowledge, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are some possible motives for this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:
- Leakage of refrigerant gases
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Volkswagen Polo 3
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Volkswagen Polo 3 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.
- Defective sensor: As with overpressure, the air-conditioning system will switch to safe mode.
HOW DO I CORRECT THE AIR CONDITIONING ON MY Volkswagen Polo 3 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to notice the main triggers of a Volkswagen Polo 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 carry out repairs yourself is not always the best idea, assuming that you are sure of the source of the breakdown. Nevertheless, here are the main possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before performing any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Volkswagen Polo 3, don’t hesitate to look at our dedicated 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: based 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 Polo 3 costs about 500 euros with labor.
To get more tips on the Volkswagen Polo 3, take a look at the Volkswagen Polo 3 category.
