Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular product features during the summer, it can also lead to some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Nissan Qashqai can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you find out why. To get this done, first we will have a look at the reason 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 Qashqai have a smell of humidity?

So we start our guideline with the source of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Nissan Qashqai. Regardless you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often the same. Indeed, air conditioning brings about a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to gather in the ventilation system of your Nissan Qashqai. This humidity is the ideal origin of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all forms in the air conditioning of your Nissan Qashqai. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it on a regular basis (food debris for example) will develop increase the odors. At last, the last traditional justification for a bad air conditioning smell in your Nissan Qashqai 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 Qashqai?

Now that you know where to look to locate the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Nissan Qashqai, because furthermore to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore essential to get rid of them quickly.

Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor

We will now make a list of actions you can take to get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your Nissan Qashqai:

  • Nevertheless it may appear to be obvious, the dirt that builds up in your car will promote the expansion of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Nissan Qashqai on a regular basis will allow you to remove many of the sources of these.
  • The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Nissan Qashqai with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To get this done, please have a look at our guideline which explains in detail the process to stick to.
  • Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Nissan Qashqai: This filter which is designed to protect against impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, remember to check its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Nissan Qashqai

To conclude, last part of our guideline on air conditioning smells on Nissan Qashqai, we are now going to give you some suggestions to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Nissan Qashqai:

  • Switch 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 trash is the first thing that triggers bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
  • To make certain that the air conditioning of your Nissan Qashqai is always in good operating order (air conditioning compressor specifically), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Make certain that there is no leak on your air conditioning is important, indeed, the liquid is toxic and furthermore the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.

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