Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular features during the summer, it can besides that bring some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Nissan Micra 5 can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you find out why. To do this, first we will examine the justification of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you solutions to make them disappear.
Why does the air conditioning of my Nissan Micra 5 have a smell of humidity?
So we start our content with the origin of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Nissan Micra 5. If you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is quite often alike. Indeed, air conditioning brings about a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to build up in the ventilation system of your Nissan Micra 5. This humidity is the perfect origin of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your Nissan Micra 5. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it frequently (food debris for example) will contribute to increase the odors. Finally, the last common cause for a bad air conditioning smell in your Nissan Micra 5 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and produces 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 Micra 5?
Now that you know where to look to find the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Nissan Micra 5, because in addition to being problematic 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 compose a list of actions you can take to get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your Nissan Micra 5:
- Even though it may seem obvious, the dirt that builds up in your car will promote the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Nissan Micra 5 commonly will allow you to remove many of the origins of these.
- The best solution is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Nissan Micra 5 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To do this, please read our content which points out in detail the procedure to stick to.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Nissan Micra 5: This filter which aims to prevent impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, be sure to examine its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Nissan Micra 5
To conclude, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Nissan Micra 5, we are now going to give you some suggestions to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Nissan Micra 5:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, 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 rubbish is the first thing that motives bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To be sure that the air conditioning of your Nissan Micra 5 is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor particularly), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Make sure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is necessary, indeed, the liquid is toxic and additionally the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
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