Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most preferred features during the summer, it can also lead to some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Audi Q5 can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to enable you understand why. To achieve this, first we will check out the reason of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you solutions to make them go away.
Why does the air conditioning of my Audi Q5 have a smell of humidity?
So we start our article with the origins of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Audi Q5. Whether you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is generally alike. In fact, air conditioning creates a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Audi Q5. This humidity is the perfect base of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your Audi Q5. Moreover, it is possible that smoking in your automobile, or not cleaning it on a regular basis (food leftovers for example) will lead to increase the odors. Finally, the last classic motive for a bad air conditioning smell in your Audi Q5 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 Q5?
Now that you know where to look to locate the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your Audi Q5, because in addition to being uneasy these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore crucial to get rid of them quickly.
Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now make a list of actions you can take to eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Audi Q5:
- Although it may appear obvious, the dirt that builds up in your car will encourage the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Audi Q5 regularly will allow you to take out many of the origins of these.
- The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Audi Q5 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please have a look at our article which explains in detail the process to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Audi Q5: This filter which is designed to prevent impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, remember to examine its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Audi Q5
To finish , last part of our article on air conditioning smells on Audi Q5, we are now going to give you some recommendations to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Audi Q5:
- Turn 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 Q5 is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor specifically), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Ensure that that there is no leak on your air conditioning is essential, in actual fact, 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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