Even if air conditioning in a car is one of the most desirable features during the summer, it can besides that bring in some inconveniences. In fact, the air conditioning in a Volvo Xc40 can have a bad smell, and today we’re going to try to enable you identify why. To achieve this, first we will have 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 vanish.
Why does the air conditioning of my Volvo Xc40 have a smell of humidity?
So we begin our content page with the beginning of the bad smells originating from the air conditioning of your Volvo Xc40. If you have the feeling that it is a musty smell, humidity, or other, the source of these smells is often alike. In fact, air conditioning produces a lot of humidity, which will usually tend to build up in the ventilation system of your Volvo Xc40. This humidity is the perfect base of the proliferation of bacteria and fungi of all kinds in the air conditioning of your Volvo Xc40. Moreover, it is possible that smoking in your car, or not cleaning it on a regular basis (food leftovers for example) will lead to enhance the odors. At last, the last classic explanation for a bad air conditioning smell in your Volvo Xc40 is that you have a refrigerant gas leak, called FREON gas, which is toxic and releases 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 Volvo Xc40?
Now that you know where to look to find the trigger of this smell, we will try to help you to eliminate bad air conditioning odors on your Volvo Xc40, because moreover to being annoying these odors can be harmful to your airways, it is therefore very important to get rid of them quickly.
Eliminating an unpleasant air-conditioning odor
We will now compose a list of actions you can take to eliminate these air-conditioning odours on your Volvo Xc40:
- Nevertheless it may appear to be obvious, the dirt that amasses in your car will promote the development of germs and therefore bad odors, cleaning your Volvo Xc40 regularly will allow you to take out many of the origins of these.
- The best method is to clean the whole air conditioning system of your Volvo Xc40 with antibacterial and anti-fungicidal products. To achieve this, please consult our content page which points out in detail the process to follow.
- Change the cabin or pollen filter of your Volvo Xc40: This filter which aims to protect against impurities from entering the cabin of your car must be replaced every year and can store bad smells, be sure to examine its condition.
Avoid musty air-conditioning odors on Volvo Xc40
Finally, last part of our content page on air conditioning smells on Volvo Xc40, we are now going to give you some tips to maintain your air conditioning system and avoid bad smells in your Volvo Xc40:
- Switch off the air conditioning 5/10 minutes before turning off the engine: In fact, always 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 triggers bad odors, so remember to keep your car healthy.
- To be certain that the air conditioning of your Volvo Xc40 is always in good operating order (air conditioning compressor in particular), 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 moreover the operation of your air conditioning would be downgraded in the case of a leak.
In the event that you have any further questions about the Volvo Xc40, do not hesitate to consult our Volvo Xc40 category.
