While air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular features when hot, it can besides that bring some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Nissan Note can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you identify why. To achieve this, first we will look at 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 Note have a smell of humidity?
So we start our guideline with the origins of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Nissan Note. Regardless you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is quite often alike. Indeed, air conditioning creates a lot of humidity, which will tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Nissan Note. This humidity is the perfect origin of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your Nissan Note. Additionally, it is possible that smoking in your automobile, or not cleaning it regularly (food leftovers for example) will contribute to amplify the odors. Finally, the last traditional motive for a bad air conditioning smell in your Nissan Note is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and emits 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 Nissan Note?
Now that you know where to look to uncover the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Nissan Note, because moreover to being uneasy 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 compose a list of actions you can take to get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your Nissan Note:
- Nevertheless it may look evident, the dirt that amasses in your car will promote the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Nissan Note on a regular will allow you to remove many of the sources of these.
- The best solution is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Nissan Note with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please browse our guideline which clarifies in detail the process to stick to.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Nissan Note: This filter which intends to stop impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, make sure to verify its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Nissan Note
Finally, last part of our guideline on air conditioning smells on Nissan Note, we are now going to give you some recommendations to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Nissan Note:
- Turn 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 trash is the first thing that triggers bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To ensure that the air conditioning of your Nissan Note is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor particularly), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Be 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.
If you have any further questions about the Nissan Note, do not hesitate to consult our Nissan Note category.
