While air conditioning in a car is one of the best product features during the summer, it can also bring some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Seat Arona can have a bad smell, and on this page we’re going to try to help you establish why. To accomplish this, first we will look at the justification of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you answers to make them go away.
Why does the air conditioning of my Seat Arona have a smell of humidity?
So we start our content page with the beginning of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Seat Arona. Regardless you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is often similar. In fact, air conditioning causes a lot of humidity, which will tend to build up in the ventilation system of your Seat Arona. This humidity is the ideal source of the expansion of bacteria and fungi of all forms in the air conditioning of your Seat Arona. Also, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it often (food debris for example) will develop amplify the odors. At last, the last classic justification for a bad air conditioning smell in your Seat Arona is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and releases 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 Seat Arona?
Now that you know where to look to locate the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to eradicate bad air conditioning odors on your Seat Arona, because moreover to being uneasy these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore fundamental to get rid of them quickly.
Eliminating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now make a list of actions you can take to eradicate these air-conditioning odours on your Seat Arona:
- Even though it may appear obvious, the dirt that amasses in your car will encourage the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Seat Arona regularly will allow you to remove many of the sources of these.
- The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Seat Arona with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To accomplish this, please have a look at our content page which clarifies in detail the process to follow.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Seat Arona: This filter which aims to protect against impurities from getting into the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, make sure to examine its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Seat Arona
To finish , last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Seat Arona, we are now going to give you some recommendations to preserve your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Seat Arona:
- Switch 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 ensure that the air conditioning of your Seat Arona is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor in particular), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Ensure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is necessary, in actual fact, the liquid is toxic and furthermore the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
In the event that you have any additional questions about the Seat Arona, do not hesitate to consult our Seat Arona category.
