Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular aspects when hot, it can as well lead to some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Mazda 6 can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to help you find out why. To accomplish this, first we will examine the cause of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you answers to make them go away.

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Why does the air conditioning of my Mazda 6 have a smell of humidity?

So we start our content with the source of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Mazda 6. Whether you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is more often than not the same. In fact, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Mazda 6. This humidity is the ideal origin of the growth of bacteria and fungi of all kinds in the air conditioning of your Mazda 6. Additionally, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it regularly (food leftovers for example) will play a role in amplify the odors. Finally, the last common motive for a bad air conditioning smell in your Mazda 6 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 6?

Now that you know where to look to find the motive of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Mazda 6, because in addition to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore important to get rid of them quickly.

Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor

We will now make a list of actions you can take to eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your Mazda 6:

  • Even though it may appear to be obvious, the dirt that builds up in your car will encourage the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Mazda 6 frequently will allow you to take off many of the origins of these.
  • The best remedy is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Mazda 6 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To accomplish this, please seek advice from our content which points out in detail the procedure to stick to.
  • Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Mazda 6: This filter which is designed to protect against impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, make sure you check its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Mazda 6

Finally, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Mazda 6, we are now going to give you some recommendations to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Mazda 6:

  • Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, always do 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 garbage is the first thing that triggers bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
  • To assure that the air conditioning of your Mazda 6 is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor especially), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Be certain that there is no leak on your air conditioning is fundamental, in fact, the liquid is toxic and in addition the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.

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