Although air conditioning in a car is one of the best functionality during the summer, it can as well bring in some inconveniences. In actual fact, the air conditioning in a Lexus IS can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you find out why. To get this done, 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 possibilities to make them disappear.

bad-smell-air-conditioner-lexus-is

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

So we start our guideline with the beginning of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Lexus IS. Regardless you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is quite often the same. In actual fact, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Lexus IS. This humidity is the perfect base of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your Lexus IS. Additionally, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it frequently (food debris for example) will contribute to enhance the odors. Finally, the last traditional justification for a bad air conditioning smell in your Lexus IS is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and releases 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 Lexus IS?

Now that you know where to look to find the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your Lexus IS, because in addition to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore crucial 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 eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Lexus IS:

  • Although it may seem obvious, the dirt that accumulates in your car will encourage the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Lexus IS regularly will allow you to remove many of the origins of these.
  • The best method is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Lexus IS with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To get this done, please consult our guideline which explains in detail the technique to stick to.
  • Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Lexus IS: This filter which aims to stop impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, be sure to check its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Lexus IS

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

  • Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In actual fact, always 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 trash is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
  • To be certain that the air conditioning of your Lexus IS is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor specifically), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Ensure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is fundamental, indeed, the liquid is toxic and moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.

If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Lexus IS, do not hesitate to consult our Lexus IS category.