Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular product features when hot, it can as well bring in some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Kia Carens can have a bad smell, and in this article we’re going to try to help you identify why. To achieve this, first we will take a look at the justification 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 Kia Carens have a smell of humidity?
So we commence our article with the beginning of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Kia Carens. Whether you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is generally alike. Indeed, air conditioning brings about a lot of humidity, which will tend to build up in the ventilation system of your Kia Carens. This humidity is the perfect source of the spreading of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your Kia Carens. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your automobile, or not cleaning it frequently (food leftovers for example) will contribute to increase the odors. Finally, the last traditional reason for a bad air conditioning smell in your Kia Carens is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and secretes 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 Kia Carens?
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 Kia Carens, because furthermore to being uneasy 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 Kia Carens:
- Although it may seem to be obvious, the dirt that accumulates in your car will promote the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Kia Carens regularly will allow you to take out many of the sources of these.
- The best method is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Kia Carens with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please seek advice from our article which points out in detail the process to follow.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Kia Carens: This filter which aims to stop impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, make sure you check its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Kia Carens
Finally, last part of our article on air conditioning smells on Kia Carens, we are now going to give you some recommendations to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Kia Carens:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, constantly perform 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 motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To make sure that the air conditioning of your Kia Carens is always in good working 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 reality, the liquid is toxic and moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
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