Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most preferred functionality when hot, it can besides that bring in some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Citroen C-crosser can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you establish why. To get this done, first we will examine the motive 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 Citroen C-crosser have a smell of humidity?

So we commence our content with the origin of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Citroen C-crosser. Regardless you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often times alike. In fact, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Citroen C-crosser. This humidity is the perfect base of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Citroen C-crosser. Additionally, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it often (food leftovers for example) will lead to increase the odors. Finally, the last traditional cause for a bad air conditioning smell in your Citroen C-crosser 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 Citroen C-crosser?

Now that you know where to look to find the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Citroen C-crosser, because moreover to being uneasy these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore fundamental to get rid of them quickly.

Getting rid of an unpleasant air-conditioning odor

We will now compose a list of actions you can take to get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your Citroen C-crosser:

  • Nevertheless it may appear obvious, the dirt that accumulates in your car will encourage the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Citroen C-crosser commonly will allow you to take out many of the origins of these.
  • The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Citroen C-crosser with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To get this done, please have a look at our content which points out in detail the technique to follow.
  • Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Citroen C-crosser: This filter which aims to protect against impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, remember to check its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Citroen C-crosser

Finally, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Citroen C-crosser, we are now going to give you some recommendations to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Citroen C-crosser:

  • Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, constantly do 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 triggers bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
  • To assure that the air conditioning of your Citroen C-crosser is always in good operating order (air conditioning compressor in particular), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Ensure that that there is no leak on your air conditioning is important, in truth, 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 further questions about the Citroen C-crosser, do not hesitate to consult our Citroen C-crosser category.