While air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular aspects during the summer, it can also lead to some inconveniences. In reality, the air conditioning in a Ford Transit can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to help you identify why. To achieve this, 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 vanish.
Why does the air conditioning of my Ford Transit have a smell of humidity?
So we commence our content with the beginning of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Ford Transit. Whether you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often the same. In reality, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Ford Transit. This humidity is the ideal source of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Ford Transit. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it regularly (food debris for example) will contribute to enhance the odors. Finally, the last common reason for a bad air conditioning smell in your Ford Transit 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 Ford Transit?
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 Ford Transit, because moreover to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore necessary 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 Ford Transit:
- Although it may appear obvious, the dirt that accumulates in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Ford Transit on a regular will allow you to take off many of the origins of these.
- The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Ford Transit with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please consult our content which clarifies in detail the process to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Ford Transit: This filter which is designed to stop impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, make sure you examine its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Ford Transit
Finally, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Ford Transit, we are now going to give you some suggestions to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Ford Transit:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In reality, always conduct 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 ensure that the air conditioning of your Ford Transit is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor especially), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Ensure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is essential, in fact, the liquid is toxic and also the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
If you want more tutorials on the Ford Transit, go to our Ford Transit category.
