While air conditioning in a car is one of the best aspects during the summer, it can also bring in some inconveniences. In reality, the air conditioning in a Audi Q3 can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you understand why. To do this, first we will look at the explanation of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you possibilities to make them disappear.
Why does the air conditioning of my Audi Q3 have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our article with the source of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Audi Q3. Whether you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often the same. In reality, air conditioning creates a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Audi Q3. This humidity is the ideal base of the growth of bacteria and fungi of all forms in the air conditioning of your Audi Q3. Additionally, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it frequently (food remains for example) will develop increase the odors. At last, the last common cause for a bad air conditioning smell in your Audi Q3 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and releases a bad smell that will spread in the passenger compartment of your car.
What can I do to get the bad smell out of my Audi Q3?
Now that you know where to look to find the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your Audi Q3, because in addition to being problematic these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore essential to get rid of them quickly.
Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now compose a list of actions you can take to eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Audi Q3:
- Nevertheless it may appear to be obvious, the dirt that amasses in your car will encourage the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Audi Q3 commonly will allow you to remove many of the origins of these.
- The best solution is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Audi Q3 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To do this, please have a look at our article which points out in detail the technique to follow.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Audi Q3: This filter which intends to prevent impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, make sure check its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Audi Q3
Finally, last part of our article on air conditioning smells on Audi Q3, we are now going to give you some suggestions to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Audi Q3:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In reality, always perform 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 rubbish 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 Q3 is always in good operating order (air conditioning compressor particularly), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Ensure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is necessary, in truth, the liquid is toxic and in addition the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
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