Air conditioning is by far the most important features on newer cars. Although it was historically reserved for high-end models, it has now been democratized for the vast majority of cars. However, this pricey and complex mechanism requires special attention, and whether it’s for service or because of odours, it is definitely crucial to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Mercedes Classe A. This is specifically what we will teach you in more detail in this content. First we will look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Mercedes Classe A, then in a second step, we will look more generally at the service of the air conditioning of your Mercedes Classe A.
How to clean my Mercedes Classe A air conditioning
Let’s begin our content with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Mercedes Classe A. The only option to perform a full cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal sprays, actually, your air conditioning makes loads of moisture that will stagnate in the system and will promote the development of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two procedures to perform this, here they are
Clean the air conditioning system of your Mercedes Classe A in a simple way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can easily clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The technique is very simple, nevertheless, this procedure can dirty the inside of your Mercedes Classe A.
- Remove the cabin filter.
- Put in 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, push the button on the bomb to empty it slowly but surely and close the vehicle doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Mercedes Classe A, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This methodology will allow you to rather quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Mercedes Classe A, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Mercedes Classe A that are persistent, we suggest you to exercise the second solution.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Mercedes Classe A
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Now let’s advance to the more significant approach of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system detailed. You will have to buy the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be different. Here is the process to stick to:
- Remove your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Mercedes Classe A (between the bonnet 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 5 minutes.
- Once this first part is achieved 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 found under the glove box.
- Finally, to finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Mercedes Classe A.
- 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 Classe A
Finally, to end 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 Classe A 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 Classe A every year.
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