While air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular functionality when hot, it can also lead to some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Ds Ds 5 can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to help you identify why. To get this done, first we will examine the cause of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you solutions to make them go away.
Why does the air conditioning of my Ds Ds 5 have a smell of humidity?
So we start our article content with the origins of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Ds Ds 5. Whether you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often times similar. Indeed, air conditioning creates a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Ds Ds 5. This humidity is the perfect base of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Ds Ds 5. Moreover, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it frequently (food remains for example) will lead to increase the odors. Finally, the last classic cause for a bad air conditioning smell in your Ds Ds 5 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and secretes 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 Ds Ds 5?
Now that you know where to look to uncover the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Ds Ds 5, because moreover to being annoying 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 make a list of actions you can take to eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your Ds Ds 5:
- Although it may appear evident, the dirt that amasses in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Ds Ds 5 frequently will allow you to take out many of the sources of these.
- The best remedy is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Ds Ds 5 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To get this done, please seek advice from our article content which explains in detail the technique to follow.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Ds Ds 5: This filter which aims to prevent impurities from getting into 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 Ds Ds 5
Finally, last part of our article content on air conditioning smells on Ds Ds 5, we are now going to give you some recommendations to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Ds Ds 5:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, always 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 rubbish is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To make sure that the air conditioning of your Ds Ds 5 is always in good functioning 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 fundamental, in actual fact, the liquid is toxic and in addition the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
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