Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most desirable aspects when hot, it can as well lead to some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Citroen Jumper can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to enable you understand why. To achieve this, first we will have a look at the motive of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you solutions to make them disappear.

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Why does the air conditioning of my Citroen Jumper have a smell of humidity?

So we start our content with the beginning of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Citroen Jumper. Whether you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is often times alike. In fact, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to build up in the ventilation system of your Citroen Jumper. This humidity is the perfect source of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all kinds in the air conditioning of your Citroen Jumper. Also, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it often (food leftovers for example) will develop increase the odors. Finally, the last traditional motive for a bad air conditioning smell in your Citroen Jumper 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 Jumper?

Now that you know where to look to find the motive of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Citroen Jumper, because in addition to being problematic these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore important to get rid of them quickly.

Eliminating 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 Jumper:

  • Nevertheless it may appear to be evident, the dirt that accumulates in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Citroen Jumper frequently will allow you to take off many of the sources of these.
  • The best solution is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Citroen Jumper with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please consult our content which explains in detail the procedure to follow.
  • Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Citroen Jumper: This filter which intends to stop impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, be sure to check its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Citroen Jumper

To conclude, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Citroen Jumper, we are now going to give you some tips to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Citroen Jumper:

  • 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 ensure that the air conditioning of your Citroen Jumper is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor in particular), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Be certain that there is no leak on your air conditioning is essential, in fact, the liquid is toxic and moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.

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