Smelly Aircon ???

[Catcha]

I was wondering if other jazz owners experience, a smell from there aircon when driving for the first few minutes, may last like 5 secs then goes back to normal?


Ben

[spoon fit]

smell!? no, never
u better put the aircon filter

[wynode]

I get that when I put the aircon off after awhile

[spoon fit]

u smoke inside the car?

[Catcha]

u smoke inside the car?

No no smoker.....It never use to happen cars on about 18000km probably started at about 10000km

[spoon fit]

get the aircon filter...
but i dunno honda australia selling for jazz or not.
i bought mine one in singapore

[Catcha]

That ok just wondering if anybody has this problem..its a warranty job anyway, next service there going take it all apart and clean out the whole system. apparently is a australian wide problem with some jazzs, which is what the service manager told me

[DaPlaya]

its pretty usual for airconditioners to let out kind of a bad smell when theres been rain since condensation forms inside the a/c and (dunno if its the right word) "rots" things. I always notice it after its been raining and i turn the a/c on (in my LS, dads rav and mum's 626). Also asked auto electrician about it... So if ur car has been left out in the rain overnight im guessing thats the reason

[asiansquad]

i get a funny smell

[Catcha]

its pretty usual for airconditioners to let out kind of a bad smell when theres been rain since condensation forms inside the a/c and (dunno if its the right word) "rots" things. I always notice it after its been raining and i turn the a/c on (in my LS, dads rav and mum's 626). Also asked auto electrician about it... So if ur car has been left out in the rain overnight im guessing thats the reason

No rain either, for a while. Its actaully gotten to a point where it was not too bad to a point of WTF is this smell it reeks for 40sec and have to wind all the windows down to let it out.....It's really bad to a point that my honda dealer will address the problem at the next service.

[papaya]

dunno... too cold to turn on the aircon ... >.<

[Muckafutha]

i tink it happens if u alternate between cold and warm settings. i get that too

[kuso]

same - when u alternate between

I thought we always had an aircon filter spoonfit

[08ESE]

Yep , mine does. Every car i have had with aircon seems to have done it.... i guess some people can smell it, and others cant?

[08ESE]

we have the housing behind the lower glovebox for the pollen filter..... but no filter, on aus delivered jazzies

[Catcha]

Yep , mine does. Every car i have had with aircon seems to have done it.... i guess some people can smell it, and others cant?

Well when my mother and my wife can smell it in the car at the same time with me you know there is a problem :)

[wyl03]

yup, exactly the same experience with my 2004 VTI.
the smell goes off after a minute or so then it's back to normal again.

[Judge]

can you describe the smell?

haha... your Jazz stinks

j/k's

[CeeVicK]

it happens to all cars.. even new ones.. but after you turn it on for a while, it will go away

[Muckafutha]

i went to honda to tell them to get rid of the smell. they say they have to pull the thing apart. they showed me the unit(dunno what it is) and it looks like it was dragged up from a swamp with muck and grease-like stuff on it. it cost me 70 bux to clean the thing and to disinfect it. a filter gets rid of the smell but the bacteria might still get through so we may be inhaling all the s..t. thats what the guy said anyway.

[hiko]

smells like a umbrella

[revolution]

It usually smells like dirty laundry. Best way to prevent it is to switch the air con off and suck air from outside a couple minutes prior to you reaching your destination point.

Or you could go buy a can of air-con disinfectant spray. I got it from my mechanic.

[ej20i]

yea yea...its a well known honda problem...always happens in my old odyssey??
its a well known problem for the new civic FD

[black_jazzato]

It usually smells like dirty laundry. Best way to prevent it is to switch the air con off and suck air from outside a couple minutes prior to you reaching your destination point.

Or you could go buy a can of air-con disinfectant spray. I got it from my mechanic.


This is the right way to prevent bad smell of air con! I always turn the A/C off and let the Fan run for a while before I get to the destination..

Bad smell happen because when you turn on the aircon and it gennerate the cool air into the car, there's some water or humid that occur during the process. Once you reach your destination and suddenly turn the A/C off, some water and humidity still stay in Aircon system. That's the cause of the problem.

In short, it's like you keep the wet cloth in the basket over night:thumbdwn:

No bad smell occur to my Jazz:thumbsup:

[dmx]

bad smell for jazz and civic also happen around the world, not only here.