Air conditioning is probably the most asked specs on newer cars. Although it was historically available to high-end versions, it has nowadays been democratized for the vast majority of vehicles. However, this costly and sophisticated technology necessitates special treatment, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is completely necessary to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Nissan Qashqai. This is exactly what we will show you in more detail in this content page. First we will take a look in detail at the procedure to clean the air conditioning of your Nissan Qashqai, then in another step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Nissan Qashqai.
How to clean my Nissan Qashqai air conditioning
Let’s begin our content page with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Nissan Qashqai. The only option to execute a total cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in fact, your air conditioning makes a lot of moisture that will stay in the system and will activate the production of germs and bacteria of all kinds. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two techniques to get this done, here they are
Clean the air conditioning system of your Nissan Qashqai in an easy way
Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can instantly clean your car’s air-conditioning system.
The process is quite simple, even so, this treatment can dirty the inside of your Nissan Qashqai.
- Take away the cabin filter.
- Install the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (if possible on the passenger side).
- Start your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine is on) with air recycling
- With the windows closed, press the button on the bomb to empty it slowly but surely and close the automobile doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
- Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Nissan Qashqai, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.
This approach will allow you to rather quickly clean the air-conditioning system of your Nissan Qashqai, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Nissan Qashqai that are persistent, we advise you to apply the second methodology.
Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Nissan Qashqai
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Now let’s go forward to the more radical process of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system complete. You will have to be equipped with the same bactericidal and fungicidal spray, it is only the application that will be distinct. Here is the process to follow:
- Take away your cabin filter.
- By the external air intake of your Nissan Qashqai (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 closed for 5 minutes.
- Once this first part is completed 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 conclude, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Nissan Qashqai.
- 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 Nissan Qashqai
Finally, to conclude our content page, we will give you the main advice to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Nissan Qashqai 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 Nissan Qashqai every year.
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