Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular aspects when hot, it can as well bring some inconveniences. In truth, the air conditioning in a Citroen C4 can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you understand why. To accomplish this, first we will take a look at the reason 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 Citroen C4 have a smell of humidity?

So we begin our article with the source of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Citroen C4. Whether you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is more often than not the same. In truth, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to build up in the ventilation system of your Citroen C4. This humidity is the perfect origin of the growth of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Citroen C4. Furthermore, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it on a regular basis (food remains for example) will lead to increase the odors. Finally, the last common cause for a bad air conditioning smell in your Citroen C4 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 Citroen C4?

Now that you know where to look to uncover the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your Citroen C4, because moreover to being problematic these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore crucial 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 Citroen C4:

  • Even though it may appear obvious, the dirt that amasses in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Citroen C4 commonly will allow you to eradicate many of the sources of these.
  • The best method is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Citroen C4 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To accomplish this, please consult our article which clarifies in detail the procedure to follow.
  • Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Citroen C4: This filter which intends to prevent impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, remember to verify its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Citroen C4

Finally, last part of our article on air conditioning smells on Citroen C4, we are now going to give you some recommendations to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Citroen C4:

  • Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In truth, constantly 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 rubbish is the first thing that causes bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
  • To make sure that the air conditioning of your Citroen C4 is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor specifically), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Be certain that there is no leak on your air conditioning is fundamental, indeed, the liquid is toxic and moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.

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