Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most desirable functionality when hot, it can besides that bring some inconveniences. In actual fact, the air conditioning in a Audi S4 can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to enable you identify why. To achieve this, first we will examine the cause of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you possibilities to make them disappear.

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Why does the air conditioning of my Audi S4 have a smell of humidity?

So we begin our content page with the source of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Audi S4. Whether you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is quite often similar. In actual fact, air conditioning brings about a lot of humidity, which will tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Audi S4. This humidity is the ideal origin of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all forms in the air conditioning of your Audi S4. Additionally, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it frequently (food remains for example) will play a role in amplify the odors. At last, the last traditional reason for a bad air conditioning smell in your Audi S4 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and secretes a bad smell that will disperse in the passenger compartment of your car.

What can I do to get the bad smell out of my Audi S4?

Now that you know where to look to find the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Audi S4, because furthermore to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore very important to get rid of them quickly.

Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor

We will now make a list of actions you can take to eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your Audi S4:

  • Although it may appear to be obvious, the dirt that builds up in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Audi S4 regularly will allow you to eradicate many of the sources of these.
  • The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Audi S4 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please browse our content page which points out in detail the technique to stick to.
  • Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Audi S4: This filter which is designed to protect against impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, make sure examine its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Audi S4

Finally, last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Audi S4, we are now going to give you some tips to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Audi S4:

  • Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In actual fact, always accomplish 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 trash is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
  • To be certain that the air conditioning of your Audi S4 is always in good operating order (air conditioning compressor particularly), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Be certain that there is no leak on your air conditioning is fundamental, in reality, the liquid is toxic and also the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.

If you have any further questions about the Audi S4, do not hesitate to consult our Audi S4 category.