Smelly Air Con

[sorzai]

Hey Guys,

Anyone have smelly air con before and know how to fix it?? it's really bugging me...smells like mould or something or maybe some dead rat or crap

someone please help i can't stand the smell......i tried turning on the heater to dry it out and also i try running the air con to keep it cold but it still doesn't help......

[slitko]

I had this problem in the Passat.

They changed the filter twice, 2nd time worked.

[sorzai]

does anyone know where the filter is located in the Jetta??

[fuzion]

I would grab one of these Aircon Sanitizer's if you still find that the smell is there after the filter change.

Passenger side floor (VWVortex.com - Cabin or Pollen Filter DIY)

[jessv3]

pollen filter for sure, in the Mkv gti its in the passenger side foot well.. Mine was filthy when it came out last year.

[sorzai]

thanks for the reply..

I pulled out the pollen filter today and it was really clean...the car has only done 17,000KM and it is only around 8 months old so it can't be that quick to turn bad and plus the air is fairly clean around Perth compared to other cities....

Maybe the heat exchanger grew mould...or either the water isn't draining out from the air con unit....

going to buy a can of the air con sanitizer....it better work the for price I pay

[Maverick]

thanks for the reply..

I pulled out the pollen filter today and it was really clean...the car has only done 17,000KM and it is only around 8 months old so it can't be that quick to turn bad and plus the air is fairly clean around Perth compared to other cities....

Maybe the heat exchanger grew mould...or either the water isn't draining out from the air con unit....

going to buy a can of the air con sanitizer....it better work the for price I pay

Take it to your dealer and let them sort it out, there are established methods for sorting this one and one of them is expensive, if you mess around with it they may not cover it under warranty.

[sorzai]

0.0! whats the expensive way of fixing this issue?? i didn't know it can get that expensive

[satz]

I had this problek with my 2 year old gti that had only done 25000km. Took apart the drivers side trim to get to the drain pip for the ac in case that was blocked...it wasnt.

Changed the pollen filter to no avail.

The mouldy smell would go after a few minutes but was annoying.
Also aprayed plenty of a very good ac sanitiser through the underbonnet ac intake and into the vents. Helped for a few weeks but the smell came back.

A thread i put on here about one year ago should cover all the details inlcuding how to get to the drain pipe (you cannot get to it from und the car!)

In the end i sold the car, not just because of the smell...

[Maverick]

I had this problek with my 2 year old gti that had only done 25000km. Took apart the drivers side trim to get to the drain pip for the ac in case that was blocked...it wasnt.

Changed the pollen filter to no avail.

The mouldy smell would go after a few minutes but was annoying.
Also aprayed plenty of a very good ac sanitiser through the underbonnet ac intake and into the vents. Helped for a few weeks but the smell came back.

A thread i put on here about one year ago should cover all the details inlcuding how to get to the drain pipe (you cannot get to it from und the car!)

In the end i sold the car, not just because of the smell...

You could have taken it to the dealer, there is a known fix for the problem

[golf2nv]

So why dont u tell us the known fix then? After all alot of us use this forum for help

[Maverick]

So why dont u tell us the known fix then? After all alot of us use this forum for help

The dealer has a fix for this, it involves a machine that pumps a cleaner through the AC system. When I get time I'll put the details up on my website until then if anyone want's more details they can google it or see their dealer.

[satz]

I asked my dealer, twice, while it was well under warranty and they said it would cost $200 to do the AC flush. And i"m not sure if that is a permanent solution, or something that would have to be repeated every year...

[Transporter]

...you could get Autoglym AC sanitizer (available from all good parts stores) and DIY

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