Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the best functionality when hot, it can as well bring in some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Fiat Tipo can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to enable you understand why. To achieve this, first we will take a look at the cause of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you answers to make them go away.

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Why does the air conditioning of my Fiat Tipo have a smell of humidity?

So we commence our article with the origin of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Fiat Tipo. Regardless you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is generally the same. In fact, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Fiat Tipo. This humidity is the ideal base of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Fiat Tipo. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it often (food debris for example) will play a role in enhance the odors. Finally, the last classic cause for a bad air conditioning smell in your Fiat Tipo is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and emits 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 Fiat Tipo?

Now that you know where to look to uncover the motive of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your Fiat Tipo, 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 Fiat Tipo:

  • Even though it may appear to be obvious, the dirt that accumulates in your car will encourage the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Fiat Tipo regularly will allow you to eradicate many of the origins of these.
  • The best method is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Fiat Tipo with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please browse our article which explains in detail the technique to stick to.
  • Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Fiat Tipo: This filter which intends to protect against 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 Fiat Tipo

To finish , last part of our article on air conditioning smells on Fiat Tipo, we are now going to give you some recommendations to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Fiat Tipo:

  • Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, always accomplish 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 trash is the first thing that triggers bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
  • To be sure that the air conditioning of your Fiat Tipo is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor particularly), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Be certain that there is no leak on your air conditioning is important, in truth, the liquid is toxic and furthermore the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.

If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Fiat Tipo, do not hesitate to consult our Fiat Tipo category.