Although air conditioning in a car is one of the most popular aspects during the summer, it can as well bring some inconveniences. In reality, the air conditioning in a Tesla Model 3 can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to help you find out why. To achieve this, first we will take a look at the reason of this bad smell of air conditioning, then, in a second time, we will try to give you possibilities to make them go away.
Why does the air conditioning of my Tesla Model 3 have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our content with the origin of the bad smells coming from the air conditioning of your Tesla Model 3. Whether you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the origin of these smells is more often than not the same. In reality, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will tend to accumulate in the ventilation system of your Tesla Model 3. This humidity is the perfect source of the growth of bacteria and fungi of all kinds in the air conditioning of your Tesla Model 3. Also, it is possible that smoking in your automobile, or not cleaning it often (food debris for example) will contribute to amplify the odors. Finally, the last common cause for a bad air conditioning smell in your Tesla Model 3 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 Tesla Model 3?
Now that you know where to look to uncover the cause of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Tesla Model 3, because moreover 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 eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your Tesla Model 3:
- Even though it may appear to be obvious, the dirt that builds up in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Tesla Model 3 on a regular will allow you to take out many of the origins of these.
- The best treatment is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Tesla Model 3 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please seek advice from our content which clarifies in detail the procedure to follow.
- Replace the cabin or pollen filter of your Tesla Model 3: This filter which is designed to prevent 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 Tesla Model 3
To conclude, last part of our content on air conditioning smells on Tesla Model 3, we are now going to give you some recommendations to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Tesla Model 3:
- Turn off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In reality, always perform 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 triggers bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To make sure that the air conditioning of your Tesla Model 3 is always in good working order (air conditioning compressor specifically), it should be run for 10 minutes every month.
- Make sure that there is no leak on your air conditioning is important, in reality, the liquid is toxic and also the operation of your air conditioning would be altered in the case of a leak.
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