BMW X1 18i

[amandak]

Hi guys, like to know if anyone of you experience foul smell coming from the air con air ? Driving a X1 181i

apparently PML service team is saying this is a problem that cannot be solve. Any advices?

 

[alextan3553]

Is your ride X1 F48 2016 model?


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[amandak]

Yes! Could it be a batch problem?

 

[alextan3553]

Several of the X1 owners in the WhatsApp Group that I started also faced similar problem. Do you want to join us and check with them how to resolve it? Please send your mobile number to my email [email protected].


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[alextan3553]

This is the link for the X1 F48 WhatsApp Group that I have started - https://r.tapatalk.com/shareLink?sh...F48-Owners-WhatsApp-Group.77081/&share_type=t


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[KSC]

Hi guys, like to know if anyone of you experience foul smell coming from the air con air ? Driving a X1 181i

apparently PML service team is saying this is a problem that cannot be solve. Any advices?

Same problem here....after 1 month

 

[TonyC]

Same problem here....after 1 month

Is it perhaps the turbo/engine smell leaking into the aircon?

 

[KSC]

Several of the X1 owners in the WhatsApp Group that I started also faced similar problem. Do you want to join us and check with them how to resolve it? Please send your mobile number to my email [email protected].


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Hi thanks, I will like to join but i also wonder any reason why we can not share the info in this forum but a closed group ? thanks

 

[alextan3553]

Basically, I don’t have this problem but the other members have it. So, you can ask them once I add you into the WhatsApp Group.


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[KSC]

thanks. I have requested a service....let see what PML could find. They told me need a day !!

 

[edison_oh]

I driving x1 e84 2011( auto transmission got problem my gm transmission cost $3600) anyone can advise me what to do?? save some cost 2year10month to go. My mileage 240k

 

[Daniel7575]

Omg just booked the x1 last week. Is this resolved? The sales guy told me my batch is Jan 2018.

 

[jonwbng]

Hi,

I had this problem too after 2 months, went in to PML, took them 2 days to clean condenser, reprogrammed blower etc. but smell came back after 2 days... ;-(

Tedious... Gotta go down again...

 

[jonwbng]

thanks. I have requested a service....let see what PML could find. They told me need a day !!

Hi,

Did they managed to solve your AC problem at PML?

 

[unfit]

Hi,

I had this problem too after 2 months, went in to PML, took them 2 days to clean condenser, reprogrammed blower etc. but smell came back after 2 days... ;-(

Tedious... Gotta go down again...

Actually my F36 also got smell when car started...after maybe few minutes its gone

Is your X1 smell stay long time

 

[jonwbng]

Actually my F36 also got smell when car started...after maybe few minutes its gone

Is your X1 smell stay long time

Smell goes away after running for maybe a few minutes but it shouldn't be there in the 1st place?

 

[unfit]

Smell goes away after running for maybe a few minutes but it shouldn't be there in the 1st place?

That means it is the same

I used the plasma custer to get rid of the smell

But these 2 days the smell suddenly disappeared

 

[jonwbng]

That means it is the same

I used the plasma custer to get rid of the smell

But these 2 days the smell suddenly disappeared

You mean the Sharp Automotive Plasmacluster? It helps in your case?

Good that your problem has disappeared for now but from what I understand, it might be a recurring issue, caused by moisture, condensation that forms on the cold aircon condenser after car is stops running, if this moisture is not discharged properly, get trapped, mold / bacteria grows and that's what causes the foul smell, next time you start your car's aircon, especially cold start the next morning.

Many factors such as how you run the car, the aircon, where you park (outdoors under hot sun or indoor parking), our weather here (sunny, raining, high humidity), all play a part.

Could be design issue or/and aircon blower programming issue.

But of course the PML CS we see will give us their SOP answers & tell us we are the ONLY one with this problem...

 

[unfit]

You mean the Sharp Automotive Plasmacluster? It helps in your case?

Good that your problem has disappeared for now but from what I understand, it might be a recurring issue, caused by moisture, condensation that forms on the cold aircon condenser after car is stops running, if this moisture is not discharged properly, get trapped, mold / bacteria grows and that's what causes the foul smell, next time you start your car's aircon, especially cold start the next morning.

Many factors such as how you run the car, the aircon, where you park (outdoors under hot sun or indoor parking), our weather here (sunny, raining, high humidity), all play a part.

Could be design issue or/and aircon blower programming issue.

But of course the PML CS we see will give us their SOP answers & tell us we are the ONLY one with this problem...

Yes sir...i am using the Sharp device...really very good...even durian smell also can get rid

So PML will tell us this is a normal smell with no solution at all again

 

[Citizen69]

Yes sir...i am using the Sharp device...really very good...even durian smell also can get rid

So PML will tell us this is a normal smell with no solution at all again

oh yea, totally forgot about the device. Kept in the corner of my boot and forgotten about it. Had to live with durian smell the past few days..