Air con
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Re: Air con
I complained about this to the SE when I sent my car in. He said that this is normal. If you switched to Auto, the regulator might let some of the outside air in. If you switched to internal circulation (press twice), you may still smell outside air. This is of course a ridiculous response and completely unacceptable but i wasnt in a mood to debate. Anyway, I tried this: When i smell outside air, i press the button to off and on the internal circulation again. It worked. Basically now when i start my car, i will turn it off and on again even though the light is on.
I complained about this to the SE when I sent my car in. He said that this is normal. If you switched to Auto, the regulator might let some of the outside air in. If you switched to internal circulation (press twice), you may still smell outside air. This is of course a ridiculous response and completely unacceptable but i wasnt in a mood to debate. Anyway, I tried this: When i smell outside air, i press the button to off and on the internal circulation again. It worked. Basically now when i start my car, i will turn it off and on again even though the light is on.
This is a super old post but I wanted to add my experience. I have a 3 month old Active Tourer that has a foul smell that comes from the Air Con whenever starting the vehicle. It goes away after 30 seconds. I took the car to PML and they said it's a known issue. Has to do with the heat exchanger unit that gets mold buildup because of the condensation from Singapore humidity.
Squeaky Ninja
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Did PML offer any solution? Is there something we can do to check and clean it when necessary?
PML service rep said there is no permanent fix for the issue. However, they sprayed the heat exchanger unit with some solution and said that I could bring the car back once a year to do it again. Whatever they did has solved the problem for the short term...smell is gone.
Squeaky Ninja
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Sorry but I didn't see what they did. Just had it explained to me. I may have called it the wrong name. It has something to do with the heating/cooling unit. Was told that after the engine is turned off you get a lot of condensation on the AC unit that just sits there and then starts go moldy.
Just found this post. http://www.bmw-sg.com/forums/threads/mouldy-odour-from-a-c.1540/
Same thing I experienced and has some tips. The idea of having to turn the heat on in SG to kill the bacteria is total BS though. Might as well buy a Honda if you have to deal with that.
Same thing I experienced and has some tips. The idea of having to turn the heat on in SG to kill the bacteria is total BS though. Might as well buy a Honda if you have to deal with that.
Squeaky Ninja
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Thanks. I agree, having to "sun" it is ridiculous. At least they now have a solution to remove it. Did they charge you for cleaning your aircon?
Squeaky Ninja
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That's good to know. Thanks for the great info.
