Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most chosen aspects when hot, it can besides that bring in some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Nissan Armada can have a bad smell, and in this article we’re going to try to help you identify why. To achieve this, first we will check out the motive 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 Nissan Armada have a smell of humidity?

So we begin our article with the origin of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Nissan Armada. Whether you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is more often than not alike. Indeed, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Nissan Armada. This humidity is the ideal origin of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Nissan Armada. Also, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it often (food leftovers for example) will contribute to increase the odors. Finally, the last traditional cause for a bad air conditioning smell in your Nissan Armada 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 Nissan Armada?

Now that you know where to look to find the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your Nissan Armada, because moreover to being problematic these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore necessary to get rid of them quickly.

Eliminating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor

We will now compose a list of actions you can take to eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Nissan Armada:

  • Although it may seem to be evident, the dirt that accumulates in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Nissan Armada 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 Nissan Armada with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please consult our article which points out in detail the procedure to stick to.
  • Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Nissan Armada: This filter which aims to stop impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, make sure check its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Nissan Armada

Finally, last part of our article on air conditioning smells on Nissan Armada, we are now going to give you some tips to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Nissan Armada:

  • Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, 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 garbage is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
  • To be certain that the air conditioning of your Nissan Armada is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor particularly), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Ensure that that there is no leak on your air conditioning is important, in actual fact, the liquid is toxic and in addition the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.

If you have any further questions about the Nissan Armada, do not hesitate to consult our Nissan Armada category.