Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most desirable functionality during the summer, it can also bring in some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Citroen Ds3 can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to enable you identify why. To achieve this, first we will look at the justification of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you possibilities to make them go away.
Why does the air conditioning of my Citroen Ds3 have a smell of humidity?
So we start our article with the origin of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Citroen Ds3. Regardless you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is quite often alike. Indeed, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Citroen Ds3. This humidity is the ideal origin of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all kinds in the air conditioning of your Citroen Ds3. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it regularly (food remains for example) will contribute to increase the odors. Finally, the last classic cause for a bad air conditioning smell in your Citroen Ds3 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and produces 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 Ds3?
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 Ds3, because moreover to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore necessary to get rid of them quickly.
Eliminating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now make a list of actions you can take to eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Citroen Ds3:
- Even though it may appear evident, the dirt that accumulates in your car will promote the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Citroen Ds3 on a regular basis 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 Ds3 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please have a look at our article which points out in detail the process to stick to.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Citroen Ds3: This filter which is designed to prevent impurities from getting into 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 Citroen Ds3
To conclude, last part of our article on air conditioning smells on Citroen Ds3, we are now going to give you some suggestions to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Citroen Ds3:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, 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 Citroen Ds3 is always in good operating order (air conditioning compressor particularly), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Ensure that that there is no leak on your air conditioning is important, in actual fact, the liquid is toxic and also the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
To discover more tips on the Citroen Ds3, take a look at the Citroen Ds3 category.
