Air Con not working....at all.

[probedb]

Got mine in for a checkup, one thing I knew about from the previous owner, wish I'd have got it sorted before this heat tho! And leather seats in this weather when my parking space is in the sun most of the day is not good :D

[pudding]

I'm not a fan of leather for that reason, and also in winter!

I took some temperature readings this morning out of curiosity.  After a 20 min journey, windows closed and sunroof screen shut, the temps were well into the minus coming out of the vents, and cabin temp was around 10 degrees.  It works a lot better than I gave it credit for!  I had a new condenser fitted last year.  The bottom half of the original one had completely rotted away.  If the pump passes the test, really would recommend a new condenser and regas.  AC will barely work at all if the condenser is knackered.  Being the front most radiator, it gets all of the stones, twigs, debris, birds and mouse nests.

[pudding]

After a 20 min drive this morning.  It appears to work a lot better than I gave it credit for!   Cabin temp around 10 degrees and well into the minus coming out of the vents!

[muff1991]

First check is vag-com, then gas leaks, then condenser, then pump.  It can get expensive if it’s duff hardware.
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cheers pudding... ill go down this route as its much needed! my vents blow warm air! :)

[DavGTI]

After a 20 min drive this morning.  It appears to work a lot better than I gave it credit for!   Cabin temp around 10 degrees and well into the minus coming out of the vents!

I wonder if this is symptoms of possibly needing a re gas soon?. As mine occurred in this sequence of events.

Air con worked fine and got cool pretty quickly.
Air con started taking longer to get fully cool.
Then only drivers side air con was working.

Then no air con.

Scanned last night HVAC fault low pressure exceeded limtit or something I think it said

[pudding]

Was there a specific fault code for either the high or low pressure sensors?

I'm no HVAC engineer, but I'm guessing there's a pressure drop and the pump is pumping air.  It works for a little while and then the what remains of the refrigerant can't compete with air leaks.

I really recommend replacing the condenser and getting a proper leak test done with a sniffer, or UV dye in the refrigerant.  This is beyond Kwik Fit unfortunately.  You need to take it to an AC specialist.

AKS tuning replaced my condenser last summer because the bottom half of it had rotted away, and the rest of it was completely beaten up with stone dents and clogged with debris.  Even if the pump is fine, a knackered condenser won't give you cold air.  Being the first radiator in the stack, it bears the full brunt of impact and debris damage.

[DavGTI]

No mate no fault codes for pressure sensors. 1 fault found 00229 - Refrigerant pressure.

002 - lower limit exceeded.

I suspected mine was just in need of a regas as there is no history of it being done (2007 model) and I’ve got a folder full of history for everything from the previous owner. Although a leak as you say is also very possible which lead to the sequence of events I stated above. Which I agree a full leak test should be done first. No point filling it if it’s gonna piss back out lol. I was wondering if the OP possibly experienced the same sequence of events? Or did it just stop working?

Also with your own pudding taking 20mins to get fully cold. Did it always take that long or did it ever get colder quicker? As I’m pretty sure mine got colder a lot quicker then like I said started taking longer. 

[Gtcpaul1971]

I just seen on you tube that a common issue is the solenoid on the compressor that can be changed. Part is about £20 I think?