Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most preferred aspects during the summer, it can besides that lead to some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a hyundai i20 can have a bad smell, and in this article we’re going to try to help you find out why. To do this, first we will examine the reason of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you possibilities to make them disappear.
Why does the air conditioning of my hyundai i20 have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our guideline with the beginning of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your hyundai i20. Whether you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is quite often similar. Indeed, air conditioning causes a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to build up in the ventilation system of your hyundai i20. This humidity is the ideal origin of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your hyundai i20. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it regularly (food remains for example) will play a role in enhance the odors. At last, the last traditional justification for a bad air conditioning smell in your hyundai i20 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and secretes 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 hyundai i20?
Now that you know where to look to find the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your hyundai i20, because in addition 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 get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your hyundai i20:
- Although it may look evident, the dirt that amasses in your car will encourage the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your hyundai i20 commonly will allow you to remove many of the origins of these.
- The best method is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your hyundai i20 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To do this, please have a look at our guideline which explains in detail the process to follow.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your hyundai i20: This filter which aims 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 hyundai i20
To finish , last part of our guideline on air conditioning smells on hyundai i20, we are now going to give you some recommendations to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your hyundai i20:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, 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 rubbish is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To ensure that the air conditioning of your hyundai i20 is always in good operating order (air conditioning compressor in particular), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Make sure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is necessary, indeed, the liquid is toxic and also the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
To discover more tips on the hyundai i20, take a look at the hyundai i20 category.
