While air conditioning in a car is one of the best features when hot, it can also bring in some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Renault Maxity can have a bad smell, and in this article we’re going to try to enable you find out why. To do this, first we will have a look at the cause of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you solutions to make them vanish.

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Why does the air conditioning of my Renault Maxity have a smell of humidity?

So we commence our content page with the source of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Renault Maxity. If you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is often times alike. In fact, air conditioning causes a lot of humidity, which will tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Renault Maxity. This humidity is the perfect base of the spreading of bacteria and fungi of all types in the air conditioning of your Renault Maxity. Also, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it frequently (food remains for example) will play a role in increase the odors. Finally, the last classic reason for a bad air conditioning smell in your Renault Maxity is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and produces 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 Renault Maxity?

Now that you know where to look to uncover the motive of this smell, we will try to help you to get rid of bad air conditioning odors on your Renault Maxity, because moreover to being uneasy 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 do a list of actions you can take to get rid of these air-conditioning odours on your Renault Maxity:

  • Even though it may seem to be obvious, the dirt that accumulates in your car will encourage the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Renault Maxity frequently will allow you to take out many of the sources of these.
  • The best solution is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Renault Maxity with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To do this, please have a look at our content page which explains in detail the procedure to stick to.
  • Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Renault Maxity: This filter which intends to protect against impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be changed every year and can store bad smells, be sure to check its condition.

Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Renault Maxity

To conclude, last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Renault Maxity, we are now going to give you some recommendations to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Renault Maxity:

  • Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, constantly 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 rubbish is the first thing that triggers bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
  • To be certain that the air conditioning of your Renault Maxity is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor particularly), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
  • Ensure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is fundamental, in reality, the liquid is toxic and furthermore the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.

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