Air conditioning is one of the most important specs on newer cars. Nevertheless it was before available to high-end models, it has today been democratized for a large proportion of vehicles. Nevertheless, this pricey and sophisticated device needs special care, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is completely important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Mercedes Benz CLS Class. This is exactly what we will describe in more detail in this content. First we will look in detail at the procedure to clean the air conditioning of your Mercedes Benz CLS Class, then in a second part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Mercedes Benz CLS Class.
How to clean my Mercedes Benz CLS Class air conditioning
Let’s begin our content with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Mercedes Benz CLS Class. The only method to conduct a full cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, in fact, your air conditioning produces a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the system and will promote the creation of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these items on the internet or in car centres. There are two ways to achieve this, here they are
Service the air conditioning system of your Mercedes Benz CLS Class in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The process is very simple, however, this technique can dirty the inside of your Mercedes Benz CLS Class.
- Remove the cabin filter.
- Install the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (preferably on the passenger side).
- Start your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine running) with air recycling
- With the windows shut down, press the button on the bomb to empty it gradually and close the vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Mercedes Benz CLS Class, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This approach will allow you to fairly quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Mercedes Benz CLS Class, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Mercedes Benz CLS Class that are persistent, we advise you to exercise the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Mercedes Benz CLS Class
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Now let’s advance to the more radical approach of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system detailed. You will have to purchase the same bactericidal and fungicidal spray, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the process to follow:
- Remove your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Mercedes Benz CLS Class (between the hood and the windscreen), with the engine on and the ventilation on, spray several times for 5 seconds and leave all windows and doors shut down for Five minutes.
- Once this first stage is performed you will be able to tackle the inside part of your air conditioning system, doing the same but not the inside air intake which is usually placed under the glove box.
- Finally, to conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Mercedes Benz CLS Class.
- All you have to do is air out your car while the product dissipates before you can use it again.
Maintenance of the air-conditioning of its Mercedes Benz CLS Class
Finally, to finish our content, we will give you the main recommendations to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Mercedes Benz CLS Class and limit unforeseen expenses.
- Have your air conditioning serviced every year
- Change your cabin filter every two years.
- Have your FREON gas recharged every two years.
- lean the air-conditioning system on your Mercedes Benz CLS Class every year.
If you wish more tutorials on the Mercedes Benz CLS Class, go to our Mercedes Benz CLS Class category.
