Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most desirable aspects during the summer, it can besides that bring in some inconveniences. In truth, the air conditioning in a Kia Forte can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to enable you understand why. To get this done, first we will look at 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.
Why does the air conditioning of my Kia Forte have a smell of humidity?
So we commence our content page with the beginning of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Kia Forte. If you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often alike. In truth, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Kia Forte. This humidity is the perfect source of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Kia Forte. Additionally, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it often (food debris for example) will lead to amplify the odors. At last, the last common reason for a bad air conditioning smell in your Kia Forte 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 Kia Forte?
Now that you know where to look to locate the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Kia Forte, because moreover to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore necessary to get rid of them quickly.
Getting rid of 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 Kia Forte:
- Even though it may seem evident, the dirt that amasses in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Kia Forte regularly will allow you to remove many of the origins of these.
- The best solution is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Kia Forte with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To get this done, please have a look at our content page which points out in detail the procedure to stick to.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Kia Forte: 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 check its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Kia Forte
Finally, last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Kia Forte, we are now going to give you some suggestions to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Kia Forte:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In truth, 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 assure that the air conditioning of your Kia Forte is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor especially), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Be sure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is necessary, in reality, the liquid is toxic and additionally the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Kia Forte, do not hesitate to consult our Kia Forte category.
