Smelly air-conditioning system

Any of u guys experiencing / experienced this issue of smell air from air-con during first 5-7mins of car start? It only happened recently. my forte is 6-7 months old. 9000km.

colin wrote:Any of u guys experiencing / experienced this issue of smell air from air-con during first 5-7mins of car start? It only happened recently. my forte is 6-7 months old. 9000km.

yes my fren Toyota also like that until he get the whole air-con exchange..

mine is damn stink la!!!
anyone else??

Hi Colin,

Mine also kinda smelly wor.

My forte around 4months +

Will notify CnC next week during my 5k servicing to verify it.

The problem could b due to the type of air fresher used. This normally happened when using those fresher than clip on to the air-con vent. Try remove it for 1-2 weeks and see if the foul smell still exist.

Try to prevent eating inside the car. Also sometimes if pack food and bring into the car can also cause those bad smell to build up over the time. Worst is Durian.

Don't think of those Air freshener... it can get worst.

I don't think go C&C they can do anything. Unless they wan to remove the whole cooling coil and clean it.

Try bake the car under the hot sun for while till the inner cabin is really very hot. Then start the car and turn on the fun with full blast without the A/C (AirCon) on to let it run for about 10mins. With this... it should help. But no g'teed the smell will not come back again. Also try to install air-con filter with carbon type.

Worst to worst if all method tried and still cannot help. Then the best way is to get expert to take out the cooling coil and do some cleaning liao.

Get an Ozone or -ve ion air purifier lor...

But with this... also means... no need to put air fresheners too... coz will neutralize the smell too.

bro, it will neutralize the smell no doubt, but the problem still exists, the filter has to be changed, once it is done, don't mix scents, better still don't put air fresheners. i've had this problem before on my forte, after changing the filter, problem solved. =D

Try set the temp to the hottest and ran it for few mins with fan set to middle....

Its actually the bacteria growing .....set the hottest temp will kill them..... Mine 2 mths old also just got it....after that no issue liao....

colin wrote:Any of u guys experiencing / experienced this issue of smell air from air-con during first 5-7mins of car start? It only happened recently. my forte is 6-7 months old. 9000km.

maybe the mould is inside . Try to go c & c and do a air con treatment 3 in 1 can solve the problem.

now you all mention it... mine also have this stale smell when i on air-con.... seesh...

Thanks bros! Will try those methods.

Happy legendary Year 2010 to all!

Yea will try those methods...
I dont have any fresheners on the air-con vents...

Bro colin,
meantime try put some charcoal , see can get rid all the bad smell or not... b4 thinking of next step...

Yup i have experienced exactly the same thing. Its due to the .... AIR FRESHNER (those water types).

This was the remedy

1) get rid of the air freshner.
2) on the heater for about 5 mins while driving. max fan and heat. do this for about 2 times a day for 3 days.
3) get an ionizer. 30+ dollars one. its a good investment
4) get those charcoal or dry air freshner. daiso 2 dollars one can do.

the smell should totally dissapear after about 3days to a week. serious

initially i thought it was the type of air freshner i bought. so i changed to other brands but still the same smell. I researched over the net and found out that those water types actually vaporise and will cling on to the air con system causing moulds. so blasting it with 5 mins of heat actually kills them.

mine used to have it also, but disappeared after a few months. aug '09 batch. i didnt have to do anything special, just sunned my car and my 3M floor mats.

i reckon it's my new car mats that caused the stale ... new car mats have this rubber/plastic smell that last for a couple of weeks man..
tried the heat for 5 mins method and it really helps!

colin wrote:Any of u guys experiencing / experienced this issue of smell air from air-con during first 5-7mins of car start? It only happened recently. my forte is 6-7 months old. 9000km.

here is what i do. i went to daiso and buy 3 packs of the charcoal deodarant. place 2 in front and 1 at the back. for the next 3 days, use the outside air function of the air con. do not use the recirculation function.
by the 4th day , the smell should be gone.

total cost? only $6.

forte3737 wrote:

colin wrote:Any of u guys experiencing / experienced this issue of smell air from air-con during first 5-7mins of car start? It only happened recently. my forte is 6-7 months old. 9000km.

here is what i do. i went to daiso and buy 3 packs of the charcoal deodarant. place 2 in front and 1 at the back. for the next 3 days, use the outside air function of the air con. do not use the recirculation function.
by the 4th day , the smell should be gone.

total cost? only $6.

Is it the can type of?

jaspek wrote:

forte3737 wrote:

colin wrote:Any of u guys experiencing / experienced this issue of smell air from air-con during first 5-7mins of car start? It only happened recently. my forte is 6-7 months old. 9000km.

here is what i do. i went to daiso and buy 3 packs of the charcoal deodarant. place 2 in front and 1 at the back. for the next 3 days, use the outside air function of the air con. do not use the recirculation function.
by the 4th day , the smell should be gone.

total cost? only $6.

Is it the can type of?

nope. the packet type. its called CAR ORDER EATER.

forte3737 wrote:

jaspek wrote:

forte3737 wrote:

colin wrote:Any of u guys experiencing / experienced this issue of smell air from air-con during first 5-7mins of car start? It only happened recently. my forte is 6-7 months old. 9000km.

here is what i do. i went to daiso and buy 3 packs of the charcoal deodarant. place 2 in front and 1 at the back. for the next 3 days, use the outside air function of the air con. do not use the recirculation function.
by the 4th day , the smell should be gone.

total cost? only $6.

Is it the can type of?

nope. the packet type. its called CAR ORDER EATER.

so far how long it can last for? So it just hang around the air con vent .

jaspek wrote:

forte3737 wrote:

jaspek wrote:

forte3737 wrote:

colin wrote:Any of u guys experiencing / experienced this issue of smell air from air-con during first 5-7mins of car start? It only happened recently. my forte is 6-7 months old. 9000km.

here is what i do. i went to daiso and buy 3 packs of the charcoal deodarant. place 2 in front and 1 at the back. for the next 3 days, use the outside air function of the air con. do not use the recirculation function.
by the 4th day , the smell should be gone.

total cost? only $6.

Is it the can type of?

nope. the packet type. its called CAR ORDER EATER.

so far how long it can last for? So it just hang around the air con vent .

put it on the floor will do. how long it last? i dun know.

i did the HOW AIR remedy, power... eliminated most of the smell, but now got my sweat smell cos very hot. HAHA

Anyway seriously, the hot air remedy works.

Thanks bro!

Yea, i've tried the hot air remedy too. It works, thanks bro!

Free remedy.....haha

pardon me about the terms.

- make sure the aircon circulation is the "reversing" mode/yellow light; the green light one is the "one-way" mode. these buttons are just below rear heater button.
- the aircon mode should "blow your face, and blow your feet". just toggle the mode until u reach these two arrows.

there shouldn't be any smell from the aircon.

still loving my 5-mth old cerato...