Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most preferred product features during the summer, it can also lead to some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Buick Lucerne can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to enable you find out why. To get this done, first we will have a look at 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 Buick Lucerne have a smell of humidity?
So we commence our content page with the origin of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Buick Lucerne. If you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often times the same. In fact, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Buick Lucerne. This humidity is the perfect source of the growth of bacteria and fungi of all kinds in the air conditioning of your Buick Lucerne. Also, it is possible that smoking in your automobile, or not cleaning it often (food leftovers for example) will develop amplify the odors. Finally, the last classic justification for a bad air conditioning smell in your Buick Lucerne is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and releases 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 Buick Lucerne?
Now that you know where to look to locate the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Buick Lucerne, because in addition to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore very important to get rid of them quickly.
Getting rid of an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now make a list of actions you can take to get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your Buick Lucerne:
- Even though it may appear to be evident, the dirt that accumulates in your car will encourage the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Buick Lucerne on a regular basis will allow you to take out many of the sources of these.
- The best method is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Buick Lucerne with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To get this done, please consult our content page which explains in detail the technique to follow.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Buick Lucerne: This filter which aims to stop impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, remember to check its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Buick Lucerne
Finally, last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Buick Lucerne, we are now going to give you some recommendations to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Buick Lucerne:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In 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 garbage is the first thing that causes bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To make sure that the air conditioning of your Buick Lucerne is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor especially), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Make sure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is necessary, indeed, the liquid is toxic and additionally the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Buick Lucerne, do not hesitate to consult our Buick Lucerne category.
