Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most preferred features during the summer, it can as well bring in some inconveniences. In truth, the air conditioning in a Cadillac ATS can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to enable you identify why. To accomplish this, first we will examine the justification of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you possibilities to make them vanish.

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Why does the air conditioning of my Cadillac ATS have a smell of humidity?

So we begin our guideline with the origin of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Cadillac ATS. Whether you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is quite often the same. In truth, air conditioning causes a lot of humidity, which will tend to build up in the ventilation system of your Cadillac ATS. This humidity is the perfect origin of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all kinds in the air conditioning of your Cadillac ATS. Also, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it frequently (food debris for example) will contribute to increase the odors. Finally, the last common justification for a bad air conditioning smell in your Cadillac ATS 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 Cadillac ATS?

Now that you know where to look to uncover the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Cadillac ATS, because moreover to being uneasy 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 eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your Cadillac ATS:

  • Although it may seem obvious, the dirt that amasses in your car will encourage the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Cadillac ATS regularly 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 Cadillac ATS with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To accomplish this, please consult our guideline which points out in detail the procedure to follow.
  • Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Cadillac ATS: This filter which is designed to prevent impurities from entering 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 Cadillac ATS

To finish , last part of our guideline on air conditioning smells on Cadillac ATS, we are now going to give you some tips to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Cadillac ATS:

  • Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In truth, 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 garbage is the first thing that causes bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
  • To be sure that the air conditioning of your Cadillac ATS is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor particularly), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Make sure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is essential, in actual 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 Cadillac ATS, do not hesitate to consult our Cadillac ATS category.