Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most preferred features during the summer, it can as well bring some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Audi A7 can have a bad smell, and in this article we’re going to try to enable you find out why. To do this, first we will check out the motive of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you answers to make them go away.

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Why does the air conditioning of my Audi A7 have a smell of humidity?

So we start our content with the origin of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Audi A7. If you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is more often than not similar. In fact, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to build up in the ventilation system of your Audi A7. This humidity is the ideal origin of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all forms in the air conditioning of your Audi A7. Also, it is possible that smoking in your automobile, or not cleaning it frequently (food debris for example) will develop increase the odors. At last, the last traditional motive for a bad air conditioning smell in your Audi A7 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and releases a bad smell that will propagate in the passenger compartment of your car.

What can I do to get the bad smell out of my Audi A7?

Now that you know where to look to find the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Audi A7, because in addition to being problematic these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore necessary to get rid of them quickly.

Getting rid of an unpleasant air-conditioning odor

We will now do a list of actions you can take to get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your Audi A7:

  • Although it may look obvious, the dirt that accumulates in your car will promote the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Audi A7 commonly will allow you to take off many of the sources of these.
  • The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Audi A7 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To do this, please seek advice from our content which explains in detail the process to stick to.
  • Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Audi A7: This filter which aims to protect against impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, make sure to check its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Audi A7

To finish , last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Audi A7, we are now going to give you some recommendations to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Audi A7:

  • Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, always conduct this step will allow you to dry a maximum of humidity in your ventilation circuit and thus limit the humidity.
  • Although it sounds basic, you don’t always have time to take care of your car, but garbage is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
  • To be sure that the air conditioning of your Audi A7 is always in good operating order (air conditioning compressor specifically), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Be certain that there is no leak on your air conditioning is essential, in reality, the liquid is toxic and additionally the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.

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