Keeping Your Cool: Essential AC Repair for Your Volkswagen Car

If there is something that becomes one of the top priorities while in the hot weather then it is AC. The AC not only cools your body, but also soothes you mind and again prevents you from the exhaustion due to excess heat, helping you to do work in more concentration and effort. If the AC is not working as, it should be, then it makes it discomforting. AC is used in both homes, offices and the vehicles. But if the AC at any of the above places stops working, then our daily work becomes more stressful. Hence you have to avoid the stress by making your AC work for long without much interruption in the cool air flow from the AC. Here you will know about some essential AC repairs in VW cars.

Importance and signs of AC repair

The air conditioners or AC are no less than a savior in the summers. With the intense heat in the summers becomes very much discomforting in our daily works, our mind and body asks for a relaxing cool air flow. This desire can only be fulfilled in a better way by the air conditioners. The air conditioners provide us relief for heat. If there is heat and you want your work to be done with no mistakes, then you need AC, because even normal fans cannot be much helpful in such cases. Like other machinery and gadgets, the AC also become faulty.

The faulty AC can make you irritated while you are driving in hot summers. You will not feel refreshed at all while driving. This affects your driving ability too. So, the AC repair is highly important.

But how will you know when your AC is malfunctioning? Earlier you will be notified about the AC faults, more will be the chances of getting it repaired without delay. So here are some signs of your AC requiring a repair.

 Squealing or whistling sounds from the fans

 AC vents not blowing much cool air or not blowing air at all

 AC vents giving normal or hot air

These are the signs to make you sure that there is some issue in the AC system and needs an immediate repair.

VW AC repairs

The AC repairs are to be done so that you would not be in any trouble by the heat while driving. There are various components in the AC like condenser, compressor, evaporator, refrigerant, etc which can become faulty and lead to problems.

Gas refilling

The gas is the refrigerant used in the AC for the heat transfer. In the AC, this gas flows from the compressor to the condenser and then to evaporator to transfer the heat from the air flowing to the cabin to the outside of the car though the condenser. If the gas is lost from the AC due to various reasons, then it leads to the poor cooling of the cabin. Hence the gas is checked and refilled.

Condenser replacement

The condenser is the component of the AC which release the heat out of the gas and makes it cool. The condenser consists of a fan that does this work of releasing the heat out of the system. If the condenser would not work, then the AC would not be able to release cold air into the cabin.

AC compressor replacement

The compressor of the cars works by the supply of power from engine through drive belt. The compressor is complete mechanics component that compresses and makes the gas to flow. The compressor can become faulty if its major parts get wear. You have to replace the compressor in this case. The compressor issue in most of the cars is a very rare case.

AC electrical repairs

The AC is a mechanical component, but it is tuned on and off electrically by the switch and the relays. So, any worn contacts, corrosion in such components can cause the electrical fault in which the AC would not work. Replacing the switch or the relay can solve the problem. Also, the fuses are checked too.

The leakage fix

The leakage mostly happens at the hoses. If the cold air breeze is not coming up or very low, then you have to check the hoses in the system and replace the faulty ones.

Conclusion

The cost of the repairs can depend on the fault. If there is faulty compressor, condenser of a blower fan, then repair cost can be more than $700, or else, most of the repair’s cost between $350 - $400. The repairs are done at the VW service center.