Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most chosen aspects during the summer, it can also lead to some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Ram P/U can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to help you identify 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 answers to make them go away.

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Why does the air conditioning of my Ram P/U have a smell of humidity?

So we start our content with the origins of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Ram P/U. If you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is quite often similar. Indeed, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to build up in the ventilation system of your Ram P/U. This humidity is the ideal origin of the growth of bacteria and fungi of all kinds in the air conditioning of your Ram P/U. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it frequently (food debris for example) will develop increase the odors. At last, the last common explanation for a bad air conditioning smell in your Ram P/U is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and produces a bad smell that will disperse in the passenger compartment of your car.

What can I do to get the bad smell out of my Ram P/U?

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 Ram P/U, because furthermore to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore very important to get rid of them quickly.

Eradicating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor

We will now do a list of actions you can take to get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your Ram P/U:

  • Although it may seem to be evident, the dirt that builds up in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Ram P/U regularly will allow you to eradicate many of the origins of these.
  • The best solution is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Ram P/U with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To do this, please have a look at our content which points out in detail the process to follow.
  • Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Ram P/U: This filter which intends to protect against impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, make sure check its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Ram P/U

Finally, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Ram P/U, we are now going to give you some suggestions to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Ram P/U:

  • Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, always conduct 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 Ram P/U is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor especially), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Make sure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is important, in truth, the liquid is toxic and moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.

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