Although air conditioning in a car is one of the best product features during the summer, it can also lead to some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Mazda 5 can have a bad smell, and in this article we’re going to try to enable you establish why. To achieve this, first we will look at the reason of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you possibilities to make them go away.
Why does the air conditioning of my Mazda 5 have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our content page with the origin of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Mazda 5. Whether you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is quite often the same. Indeed, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Mazda 5. This humidity is the ideal base of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Mazda 5. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it regularly (food remains for example) will lead to amplify the odors. At last, the last traditional justification for a bad air conditioning smell in your Mazda 5 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and secretes 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 Mazda 5?
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 Mazda 5, because in addition to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore fundamental to get rid of them quickly.
Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now make a list of actions you can take to eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Mazda 5:
- Even though it may appear to be evident, the dirt that accumulates in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Mazda 5 regularly will allow you to take off many of the origins of these.
- The best method is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Mazda 5 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please consult our content page which clarifies in detail the technique to follow.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Mazda 5: This filter which is designed to stop impurities from entering 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 Mazda 5
Finally, last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Mazda 5, we are now going to give you some recommendations to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Mazda 5:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, constantly 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 trash is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To assure that the air conditioning of your Mazda 5 is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor specifically), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Be sure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is necessary, in fact, the liquid is toxic and additionally the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
To find more tips on the Mazda 5, take a look at the Mazda 5 category.
