Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most preferred aspects during the summer, it can besides that bring some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Mercedes Benz GLK can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you establish why. To do this, first we will look at the explanation of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you solutions to make them go away.
Why does the air conditioning of my Mercedes Benz GLK have a smell of humidity?
So we start our article with the beginning of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Mercedes Benz GLK. Whether you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often times the same. In fact, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Mercedes Benz GLK. This humidity is the perfect origin of the spreading of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your Mercedes Benz GLK. Moreover, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it frequently (food debris for example) will contribute to amplify the odors. At last, the last common reason for a bad air conditioning smell in your Mercedes Benz GLK 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 Mercedes Benz GLK?
Now that you know where to look to locate the motive of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Mercedes Benz GLK, because in addition to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore essential to get rid of them quickly.
Eliminating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now do a list of actions you can take to eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your Mercedes Benz GLK:
- Nevertheless it may look evident, the dirt that builds up in your car will encourage the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Mercedes Benz GLK on a regular basis will allow you to take off many of the sources of these.
- The best solution is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Mercedes Benz GLK with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To do this, please consult our article which explains in detail the technique to follow.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Mercedes Benz GLK: This filter which intends to stop 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 Mercedes Benz GLK
Finally, last part of our article on air conditioning smells on Mercedes Benz GLK, we are now going to give you some suggestions to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Mercedes Benz GLK:
- 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 make sure that the air conditioning of your Mercedes Benz GLK is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor in particular), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Make sure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is essential, in fact, the liquid is toxic and additionally the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
Whenever you have any further questions about the Mercedes Benz GLK, do not hesitate to consult our Mercedes Benz GLK category.
