Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most desirable functionality during the summer, it can also bring some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Renault Espace 3 can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to help you establish why. To achieve this, first we will take a look at the cause of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you answers to make them vanish.
Why does the air conditioning of my Renault Espace 3 have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our article with the beginning of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Renault Espace 3. Whether you have the impression that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is more often than not alike. Indeed, air conditioning brings about a lot of humidity, which will tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Renault Espace 3. This humidity is the perfect origin of the spreading of bacteria and fungi of all forms in the air conditioning of your Renault Espace 3. In addition, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it on a regular basis (food remains for example) will contribute to enhance the odors. Finally, the last traditional reason for a bad air conditioning smell in your Renault Espace 3 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and emits 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 Renault Espace 3?
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 Renault Espace 3, because furthermore to being unpleasant 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 make a list of actions you can take to eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Renault Espace 3:
- Although it may appear obvious, the dirt that accumulates in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Renault Espace 3 on a regular will allow you to take out many of the sources of these.
- The best remedy is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Renault Espace 3 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please read our article which points out in detail the procedure to follow.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Renault Espace 3: This filter which intends to prevent impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, make sure you check its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Renault Espace 3
To conclude, last part of our article on air conditioning smells on Renault Espace 3, we are now going to give you some suggestions to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Renault Espace 3:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, constantly 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 make sure that the air conditioning of your Renault Espace 3 is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor especially), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Be certain 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 downgraded in the case of a leak.
If perhaps you have any additional questions about the Renault Espace 3, do not hesitate to consult our Renault Espace 3 category.
