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 cars is now an almost required feature nowadays. But what if the air conditioning in an Volvo Xc40 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 Volvo Xc40 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 Volvo Xc40 NO LONGER COLD?
We will start our guide with the symptoms that can justified that the air conditioning of your Volvo Xc40 is no longer cooling.
BAD AIR CONDITIONING SMELL in my Volvo Xc40 air con
One of the fairly general indications that can notify you to the fact that your air conditioning is not functioning is if you have a musty or damp smell inside your motor vehicle, and yes, a bad smell can be a warning of a defective air conditioning system, it can be lasting or just present when you turn on your air conditioning. To find a solution to this malfunction, we recommend you to browse our guide dedicated to bad air conditioning odors on Volvo Xc40.
AIR CONDITIONING NOISE ON Volvo Xc40
One of the other signs 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 verify for any dubious noise). This noise could indicate a defective air conditioning clutch or a defective customer compressor.
LOSS OF PRESSURE IN THE AIR CONDITIONING CIRCUIT
Actually quite hard to identify without elaborate mechanical expertise, a loss of pressure in your car’s air conditioning system can result in your air conditioning no longer making cold. There are several possible motives for this loss of pressure, and these are listed down below:
- Leakage of refrigerant fumes
- nonfunctioning air conditioning compressor
AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM THAT DOESN’T WORK AT ALL on my Volvo Xc40
At last, it’s possible that the air conditioning in your Volvo Xc40 is no longer cold just because your air conditioning system is no longer working. Here are the different origins 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 concern: This will trigger 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 Volvo Xc40 THAT IS NO LONGER COOLING?
Now that we have been able to notice the most important triggers of a Volvo Xc40 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 origin of the breakdown. Nevertheless, here are the most important possible repairs and an estimate of their cost.
First step, before undertaking any major repair, clean the air conditioning of your Volvo Xc40, don’t hesitate to check out our focused upon 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 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, 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 Volvo Xc40 costs about 500 euros with labor.
If you need more guides on the Volvo Xc40, go to our Volvo Xc40 category.
