Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most preferred product features during the summer, it can also bring in some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a GMC Terrain can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to enable you find out why. To do this, first we will check out the reason 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 GMC Terrain have a smell of humidity?
So we start our content with the origin of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your GMC Terrain. If you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is more often than not the same. Indeed, air conditioning creates a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your GMC Terrain. This humidity is the perfect source of the spreading of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your GMC Terrain. Also, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it regularly (food leftovers for example) will contribute to increase the odors. Finally, the last traditional justification for a bad air conditioning smell in your GMC Terrain 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 GMC Terrain?
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 GMC Terrain, because moreover to being uneasy these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore very important to get rid of them quickly.
Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now make a list of actions you can take to eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your GMC Terrain:
- Although it may look evident, the dirt that amasses in your car will promote the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your GMC Terrain frequently will allow you to take out many of the origins of these.
- The best remedy is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your GMC Terrain with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To do this, please browse our content which points out in detail the process to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your GMC Terrain: This filter which aims to stop impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, make sure you verify its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on GMC Terrain
Finally, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on GMC Terrain, we are now going to give you some suggestions to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your GMC Terrain:
- 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 triggers bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To be certain that the air conditioning of your GMC Terrain 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 fact, the liquid is toxic and in addition the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
If you have any further questions about the GMC Terrain, do not hesitate to consult our GMC Terrain category.
