Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most desirable aspects during the summer, it can as well bring some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Lexus UX can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to enable you understand why. To do this, first we will have a look at the cause of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you answers to make them disappear.
Why does the air conditioning of my Lexus UX have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our content with the source of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Lexus UX. Regardless you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is more often than not similar. In fact, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Lexus UX. This humidity is the ideal source of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all kinds in the air conditioning of your Lexus UX. Additionally, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it regularly (food remains for example) will develop increase the odors. Finally, the last classic justification for a bad air conditioning smell in your Lexus UX is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and secretes 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 UX?
Now that you know where to look to locate the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Lexus UX, because furthermore to being problematic 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 eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your Lexus UX:
- Even though it may appear obvious, the dirt that accumulates in your car will promote the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Lexus UX regularly will allow you to eradicate many of the sources of these.
- The best remedy is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Lexus UX with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To do this, please have a look at our content which clarifies in detail the process to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Lexus UX: This filter which intends to prevent impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, make sure verify its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Lexus UX
To conclude, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Lexus UX, we are now going to give you some suggestions to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Lexus UX:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In 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 triggers bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To be certain that the air conditioning of your Lexus UX is always in good operating 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 important, in truth, the liquid is toxic and moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
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