While air conditioning in a car is one of the most chosen aspects during the summer, it can also lead to some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Chevrolet Sonic can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you identify why. To achieve this, first we will have a look at the explanation of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you possibilities to make them disappear.
Why does the air conditioning of my Chevrolet Sonic have a smell of humidity?
So we start our content page with the origin of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Chevrolet Sonic. Whether you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often alike. Indeed, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Chevrolet Sonic. This humidity is the perfect origin of the spreading of bacteria and fungi of all kinds in the air conditioning of your Chevrolet Sonic. Additionally, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it frequently (food leftovers for example) will play a role in enhance the odors. Finally, the last common explanation for a bad air conditioning smell in your Chevrolet Sonic is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and emits 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 Chevrolet Sonic?
Now that you know where to look to locate the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your Chevrolet Sonic, because moreover to being problematic these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore fundamental to get rid of them quickly.
Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now do a list of actions you can take to eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Chevrolet Sonic:
- Nevertheless it may appear obvious, the dirt that accumulates in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Chevrolet Sonic commonly will allow you to take off many of the origins of these.
- The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Chevrolet Sonic with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please consult our content page which points out in detail the technique to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Chevrolet Sonic: This filter which aims to protect against 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 Chevrolet Sonic
Finally, last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Chevrolet Sonic, we are now going to give you some recommendations to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Chevrolet Sonic:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, 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 ensure that the air conditioning of your Chevrolet Sonic is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor in particular), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Ensure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is important, in fact, the liquid is toxic and in addition the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
Whenever you have any additional questions about the Chevrolet Sonic, do not hesitate to consult our Chevrolet Sonic category.
