Air Conditioning Filter?

[rockwall]

I have a strong musty smell that becomes evident immediately when I turn on the air conditioning. I checked the cabin A/C filter and it looks completely clean.

Change it anyway? Any other ideas?

 

[Conspearasea]

Do some hunting around on here, or maybe someone will post the link. There have been others with this problem, and they did some form of "fogging the system" w/ a disinfectant.....somewhere in the engine bay, under the wipers IIRC. Didn't save the link since I wasn't experiencing the problem, but read up on it none the less.

So who's got the info for the man?

 

[G.I.G.]

Usually this time of year when people are starting to fire up their A/C for the first time (I turn mine off even though the climate control wants to turn it on everytime I go to "Auto") since last summer, the system can smell a bit. Try running it for a couple of more days and see if the smell doesn't linger. It is normal in most cars for the A/C to stink a little right when you turn it on (especially when it hasn't been on for a while) and sometimes right when you turn it off if the fan is still on. It should clear up for you though. Keep us posted.

 

[T4RBoarder]

The A/C in all of my cars smelled because I used to always default to using recirculation mode and it wouldn't get any fresh air in and in turn smell...I started using fresh air mode only and never had a smell again.

Just my .02