Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most desirable features when hot, it can also bring in some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Kia Optima can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to enable you establish why. To do this, first we will have a look at the reason of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you answers to make them vanish.
Why does the air conditioning of my Kia Optima have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our guideline with the origins of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Kia Optima. If you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is more often than not similar. In fact, air conditioning brings about a lot of humidity, which will tend to build up in the ventilation system of your Kia Optima. This humidity is the ideal origin of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all forms in the air conditioning of your Kia Optima. Furthermore, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it on a regular basis (food debris for example) will develop enhance the odors. Finally, the last common explanation for a bad air conditioning smell in your Kia Optima is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and emits a bad smell that will spread in the passenger compartment of your car.
What can I do to get the bad smell out of my Kia Optima?
Now that you know where to look to locate the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Kia Optima, because furthermore to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore very important to get rid of them quickly.
Eliminating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now make a list of actions you can take to get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your Kia Optima:
- Although it may seem evident, the dirt that builds up in your car will encourage the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Kia Optima commonly will allow you to remove many of the origins of these.
- The best remedy is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Kia Optima with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To do this, please have a look at our guideline which clarifies in detail the procedure to follow.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Kia Optima: This filter which is designed to stop impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, remember to check its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Kia Optima
Finally, last part of our guideline on air conditioning smells on Kia Optima, we are now going to give you some suggestions to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Kia Optima:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, 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 garbage is the first thing that triggers bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To assure that the air conditioning of your Kia Optima is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor especially), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Ensure that that there is no leak on your air conditioning is essential, in reality, the liquid is toxic and furthermore the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
If perhaps you have any further questions about the Kia Optima, do not hesitate to consult our Kia Optima category.
