Air conditioning is probably the most interesting specs on recent cars. Although it was before reserved for high-end versions, it has now been democratized for the vast majority of vehicles. Nevertheless, this costly and elaborate unit necessitates special attention, and whether it’s for maintenance or because of odours, it is completely crucial to think about cleaning the air conditioning of your Seat Ateca. This is exactly what we will describe in detail in this article. First we will look in detail at the process to clean the air conditioning of your Seat Ateca, then in a second step, we will look more generally at the maintenance of the air conditioning of your Seat Ateca.

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How to clean my Seat Ateca air conditioning

Let’s commence our article with the cleaning of the air conditioning system of your Seat Ateca. The only technique to execute a total cleaning of this system will be to use bactericidal and fungicidal products, in fact, your air conditioning creates loads of moisture that will stagnate in the system and will help the development of germs and bacteria of all sorts. You will find these products on the internet or in car centres. There are two techniques to do this, here they are

Service the air conditioning circuit of your Seat Ateca in the simple way

Once you have a disinfectant spray, you can easily clean your car’s air-conditioning circuit.
The process is quite easy, nevertheless, this treatment can dirty the inside of your Seat Ateca.

  • Take away the cabin filter.
  • Install the disinfectant spray on the floor of your car (preferably on the passenger side).
  • Turn on your car’s ventilation and air conditioning (with the engine is on) with air recycling
  • With the windows closed, push the button on the bomb to empty it slowly but surely and close the car doors and leave it on for about ten minutes.
  • Once this time has passed, open the doors of your Seat Ateca, 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 Seat Ateca, but if you have bad air-conditioning odours on your Seat Ateca that are persistent, we recommend you to practice the second methodology.

Clean deeply the air-conditioning system of your Seat Ateca

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Now let’s go forward to the more significant approach of performing a cleaning of your ventilation circuit detailed. You will have to purchase the same bactericidal and fungicidal product, it is only the application that will be distinct. Here is the operation to follow:

  • Take away your cabin filter.
  • By the external air intake of your Seat Ateca (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 Five minutes.
  • Once this first step is finished 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 Seat Ateca.
  • 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 Seat Ateca

Finally, to end our article, we will give you the main advice to respect, if you wish to maximize the life of your air conditioning circuit on Seat Ateca 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 Seat Ateca every year.
  • If you need more guides on the Seat Ateca, go to our Seat Ateca category.