Air conditioning is one of the most asked specs on recent cars. Despite the fact it was in past times restricted to high-end models, it has today been democratized for the vast majority of cars. However, this pricey and sophisticated unit requires special care, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is totally important to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Renault Twizy. This is exactly what we will describe in detail in this document. First we will take a look in detail at the procedure to clean the air conditioning of your Renault Twizy, then in a second part, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Renault Twizy.

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How to clean my Renault Twizy air conditioning

Let’s commence our document with the cleaning of the air conditioning circuit of your Renault Twizy. The only solution to execute a full cleaning of this circuit will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in fact, your air conditioning produces a lot of moisture that will stagnate in the circuit and will activate the expansion of germs and bacteria of all kinds. 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 Renault Twizy 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, however, this procedure can dirty the inside of your Renault Twizy.

  • Remove the cabin filter.
  • Put in 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 running) with air recycling
  • With the windows shut down, press the button on the bomb to empty it gradually and close the car doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
  • Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Renault Twizy, ventilation still on and let the passenger compartment air out for about 20 minutes.

This technique will allow you to promptly clean the air-conditioning system of your Renault Twizy, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Renault Twizy that are persistent, we encourage you to practice the second methodology.

Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Renault Twizy

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Now let’s go forward to the more radical method of performing a cleaning of your ventilation system detailed. You will have to buy 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 Renault Twizy (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 done 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 finish, you can spray a few sprays into the vents of your Renault Twizy.
  • 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 Renault Twizy

Finally, to end our document, we will give you the main suggestions to respect, if you want to maximize the life of your air conditioning system on Renault Twizy 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 Renault Twizy every year.
  • To find more tips on the Renault Twizy, take a look at the Renault Twizy category.