Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the best aspects when hot, it can besides that bring some inconveniences. In actual fact, the air conditioning in a Lexus GS can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you identify why. To achieve this, first we will check out the reason of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you answers to make them disappear.

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Why does the air conditioning of my Lexus GS have a smell of humidity?

So we commence our article with the origins of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Lexus GS. Whether you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is more often than not the same. In actual fact, air conditioning creates a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Lexus GS. This humidity is the ideal origin of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your Lexus GS. Also, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it frequently (food debris for example) will lead to amplify the odors. At last, the last classic justification for a bad air conditioning smell in your Lexus GS 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 Lexus GS?

Now that you know where to look to uncover the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Lexus GS, because furthermore to being uneasy 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 compose a list of actions you can take to eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your Lexus GS:

  • Nevertheless it may look obvious, the dirt that accumulates in your car will encourage the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Lexus GS on a regular will allow you to take off many of the origins of these.
  • The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Lexus GS with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please read our article which explains in detail the procedure to follow.
  • Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Lexus GS: This filter which intends to prevent impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, be sure to examine its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Lexus GS

To finish , last part of our article on air conditioning smells on Lexus GS, we are now going to give you some suggestions to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Lexus GS:

  • Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In actual fact, always accomplish 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 be sure that the air conditioning of your Lexus GS is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor particularly), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Be sure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is necessary, in actual fact, the liquid is toxic and moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.

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