Is the cabin of your vehicle getting too hot, or is the air conditioning no longer cooling properly? This is often down to there no longer being enough refrigerant in the system. An air conditioning service can quickly put that right.
Why does an air conditioning system need refilling at all?
Nothing can escape from a closed circuit – or so the common assumption goes. Older vehicles mostly run on the refrigerant R134a: a gas that escapes through rubber hoses and seals. This can amount to up to 10% of the refrigerant gas per year. A regular air conditioning service is therefore advisable, during which the system is topped up as required.
Vehicles built from around 2017 onwards, by contrast, mostly use the refrigerant R1234yf. The two refrigerants must never be mixed, and each one requires its own air conditioning service unit. We have both units in our workshop – we handle R134a just as readily as R1234yf. Which refrigerant your vehicle uses is something we read off the label in the engine bay.
What we do for you
Our workshop is glad to help you with this. We carry out the air conditioning service quickly and affordably:
- Checking the condition and quantity of the refrigerant gas already in the system
- Topping up the air conditioning system where required
- Where refrigerant loss is noticeable: checking for leaks
We are also glad to carry out the air conditioning service on electric and hybrid vehicles. In many electric cars the refrigerant circuit also cools the traction battery – which makes it all the more important that the fill level and the condition of the refrigerant are right.
Duration and appointment
Please allow around half an hour for the air conditioning service. We ask that you arrange an appointment with us beforehand.
Is your vehicle losing an excessive amount of refrigerant? Then we should definitely arrange a separate appointment to check for possible leaks – otherwise the newly filled refrigerant will soon be gone again.
Do you have questions about our air conditioning service? Give us a call or send us a message.
