Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular product features when hot, it can also lead to some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Kia Sorento can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you understand why. To get this done, first we will take a look at the motive 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 Sorento have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our content with the origin of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Kia Sorento. If you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often the same. In fact, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will tend to build up in the ventilation system of your Kia Sorento. This humidity is the ideal source of the growth of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Kia Sorento. Furthermore, it is possible that smoking in your automobile, or not cleaning it regularly (food leftovers for example) will play a role in increase the odors. At last, the last common justification for a bad air conditioning smell in your Kia Sorento is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and releases 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 Sorento?
Now that you know where to look to locate the motive of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your Kia Sorento, because furthermore to being unpleasant these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore very important to get rid of them quickly.
Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now do a list of actions you can take to eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Kia Sorento:
- Even though it may appear to be obvious, the dirt that amasses in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Kia Sorento frequently 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 Sorento with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To get this done, please browse our content which clarifies in detail the technique to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Kia Sorento: This filter which aims to protect against impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, remember to examine its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Kia Sorento
Finally, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Kia Sorento, we are now going to give you some suggestions to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Kia Sorento:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, constantly 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 rubbish is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To ensure that the air conditioning of your Kia Sorento is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor in particular), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Be certain that there is no leak on your air conditioning is necessary, in reality, the liquid is toxic and furthermore the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Kia Sorento, do not hesitate to consult our Kia Sorento category.
