Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the best functionality during the summer, it can besides that lead to some inconveniences. Indeed, the air conditioning in a Renault Zoe can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you identify why. To accomplish 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 disappear.
Why does the air conditioning of my Renault Zoe have a smell of humidity?
So we commence our content page with the origin of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Renault Zoe. Whether you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is often times similar. Indeed, air conditioning makes a lot of humidity, which will tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Renault Zoe. This humidity is the ideal origin of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all sorts in the air conditioning of your Renault Zoe. Furthermore, it is possible that smoking in your vehicle, or not cleaning it regularly (food debris for example) will play a role in enhance the odors. Finally, the last traditional explanation for a bad air conditioning smell in your Renault Zoe is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and emits 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 Renault Zoe?
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 Zoe, because moreover to being unpleasant these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore essential to get rid of them quickly.
Eliminating 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 Zoe:
- Even though it may seem to be evident, the dirt that accumulates in your car will encourage the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Renault Zoe on a regular basis will allow you to take out many of the origins of these.
- The best solution is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Renault Zoe with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To accomplish this, please browse our content page which points out in detail the procedure to follow.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Renault Zoe: This filter which is designed 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 Renault Zoe
To conclude, last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Renault Zoe, we are now going to give you some tips to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Renault Zoe:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: Indeed, constantly accomplish 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 causes bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To make sure that the air conditioning of your Renault Zoe is always in good functioning order (air conditioning compressor especially), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Ensure that that there is no leak on your air conditioning is fundamental, in truth, the liquid is toxic and moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
To find more tips on the Renault Zoe, take a look at the Renault Zoe category.
