Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular functionality when hot, it can also lead to some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Audi Sq5 can have a bad smell, and in this article we’re going to try to enable you identify why. To accomplish this, first we will look at the justification of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you answers to make them disappear.
Why does the air conditioning of my Audi Sq5 have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our article content with the source of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Audi Sq5. Whether you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often times similar. Indeed, air conditioning brings about a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Audi Sq5. This humidity is the perfect source of the growth of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Audi Sq5. Also, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it often (food leftovers for example) will contribute to increase the odors. Finally, the last traditional justification for a bad air conditioning smell in your Audi Sq5 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and emits 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 Sq5?
Now that you know where to look to locate the motive of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Audi Sq5, because furthermore to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore necessary to get rid of them quickly.
Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now compose a list of actions you can take to eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your Audi Sq5:
- Nevertheless it may seem to be evident, the dirt that accumulates in your car will promote the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Audi Sq5 frequently 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 Sq5 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To accomplish this, please read our article content which clarifies in detail the technique to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Audi Sq5: This filter which is designed to stop impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, make sure verify its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Audi Sq5
To finish , last part of our article content on air conditioning smells on Audi Sq5, we are now going to give you some recommendations to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Audi Sq5:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, 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 trash is the first thing that causes bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To make sure that the air conditioning of your Audi Sq5 is always in good operating order (air conditioning compressor in particular), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Be sure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is necessary, in fact, the liquid is toxic and furthermore the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Audi Sq5, do not hesitate to consult our Audi Sq5 category.
