Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular functionality during the summer, it can also bring in some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Infiniti QX70 can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to enable you understand why. To accomplish 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 solutions to make them go away.

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Why does the air conditioning of my Infiniti QX70 have a smell of humidity?

So we begin our content page with the origins of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Infiniti QX70. Whether you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is more often than not similar. In fact, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Infiniti QX70. This humidity is the ideal source of the growth of bacteria and fungi of all forms in the air conditioning of your Infiniti QX70. Also, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it frequently (food debris for example) will lead to increase the odors. At last, the last classic explanation for a bad air conditioning smell in your Infiniti QX70 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 Infiniti QX70?

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 Infiniti QX70, because furthermore 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 compose a list of actions you can take to get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your Infiniti QX70:

  • Although it may seem evident, the dirt that builds up in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Infiniti QX70 on a regular basis will allow you to remove many of the origins of these.
  • The best remedy is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Infiniti QX70 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To accomplish this, please consult our content page which explains in detail the process to stick to.
  • Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Infiniti QX70: This filter which aims to prevent impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, make sure to verify its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Infiniti QX70

To conclude, last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Infiniti QX70, we are now going to give you some recommendations to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Infiniti QX70:

  • Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, 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 garbage is the first thing that causes bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
  • To make certain that the air conditioning of your Infiniti QX70 is always in good operating 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 truth, the liquid is toxic and furthermore the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.

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