Fiat 500 Air con Issue

[gobuddygo]

Hi my wife's 2015 Fiat 500 has an air con issue in that its full of refrigerant, one side of the heating system blows hot air at all times and the other side slightly cooler, it used to be ice cold, car has done less than 10,000 miles, doing research it sounds like an actuator flap issue.

Has anyone had any knowledge of replacing these as it seems like its dash out

[Chris32345]

Where about in the country are you there a garage down South that claims to be able to fix them without removing the dash for under £200

[gobuddygo]

Chris32345 said:

Where about in the country are you there a garage down South that claims to be able to fix them without removing the dash for under £200

Just outside Leeds

[Chris32345]

I'm assuming this is a climate control car rather then the twist dials manual sort

[gobuddygo]

Chris32345 said:

I'm assuming this is a climate control car rather then the twist dials manual sort

No its not climate control it just has big knobs

[Chris32345]

gobuddygo said:

No its not climate control it just has big knobs

Then it' won't be an actuators issue
The manual Aircon is cable operated and vary rarely fail

I assume the knobs are all moving correctly from one end to another?

[Chris32345]

Chris32345 said:

Then it' won't be an actuators issue
The manual Aircon is cable operated and vary rarely fail

I assume the knobs are all moving correctly from one end to another?

If so it's looking more like a Aircon issues
Check the front of your car for the Aircon condenser they can suffer badly from stone damage damaging the fins massivly reducing the cooling capacity which would show up given the hot weather lately

[gobuddygo]

Chris32345 said:

Chris32345 said:

Then it' won't be an actuators issue
The manual Aircon is cable operated and vary rarely fail
I assume the knobs are all moving correctly from one end to another?

If so it's looking more like a Aircon issues
Check the front of your car for the Aircon condenser they can suffer badly from stone damage damaging the fins massivly reducing the cooling capacity which would show up given the hot weather lately

Thanks Chris.

Knobs are fine, It has been topped up with refrigerant and has no leaks, revs drop and compressor kicks in when aircon turned on, passenger side vents are cool not cold, drivers side hot, it also slightly whistles could be a stuck flap?

Dash is the same as this one.

[Chris32345]

Assuming no damage to the condensor it's looks like something wrong with the temp control flap does it get read hot if you turn it to hot?

[gobuddygo]

Chris32345 said:

Assuming no damage to the condensor it's looks like something wrong with the temp control flap does it get read hot if you turn it to hot?

Yes both vents blow red hot when temp dial turned to red.

[Jazoli]

The flap on the drivers side is stuck open, remove some lower trim panels and have a poke around, it should be a straightforward fix and might just need a wiggle to free it off.

If you look down at each side of the heater box you will see a cable running to an arm that moves the flap (or it should be) it may have become detached.

Edited by Jazoli on Thursday 4th June 09:39

[Squadrone Rosso]

Sticky flaps that go out of alignment.

Some of the lower trim panels will need to come off. Usually pop the joints and grease / replace the actuators.

If it’s got climate control, needs realigning with a diagnostic machine.

[gobuddygo]

Thanks for the suggestions not had a chance to have a look yet, I've told my Mrs it could just be her flaps sticking

[King Fiat]

Hi Gents/Chris, new to this but live in Surrey and having the same problems with my Fiat lounge. You said in this post that you know someone in Surrey who claims to fix the problem for £200 ( probably £300 now! But it needs sorting)