Hey Guys, I'm pretty sure this had been dicussed before... if you guys have any good idea, please let me know.

I only have the 03 S for 4 months, lately the car had a very bad odor from the air vent as soon as I turned A/C off... it will go away if I turn the A/C back on.

I used to buy some expensive Japanese made A/C bateria spray thing to eliminate that smell, but boy it's expensive and I can't get those locally. Anybody have a good remedy to that? I heard people spraying lysol at the air vent (the one's at the bottom of the windshield, under the hood)...

Would anybody please let me know if that works.??

thanks.

 

STOP DRIVING THROUGH STATEN ISLAND!!! HEHE J/K

 

I think it has something to do with the condensation after the AC's been on for a while. If the AC is moist, you may get mold or other funky stuff growing in it. I think that's what the smell is, could be wrong tho.

 

yeah, I think you are right, but Could Anybody give me an advise for cleaning those up??

Do you think the dealership will take care of that??

 

u can change the a/c filter by yourself. it's not that hard but just a matter of time as i believe u need to take the glove box off. if i remember it right, it's right behind it. or u can have your dealer to change it for u. i actually had my dealer did it on the 30000 miles maintenance service. i guess it would be around $60 for just doing that.

 

Go-TypeS is right .... you prob. have mold or something growing on your a/c filter ......... this is a common problem from what I've been seeing on the various boards

 

turn your a/c on with the heater on high for 30 min.

 

Damn that "stinks" hahahaha ok, I'm going to leave now, I'm not help...later fellas

 

I have the same thing, but i have a 45000 service coming up, so i'll have them take care of it at the dealership..


I call it "open coffin smell'

Tracer

 

are you sure its not you? hehehe just playin. Yah same thing happened to me too. Just took it to the dealer

 

Changing Micron Air filter will NOT solve the problem. The mold is growing in some other part of the A/C system, not the filters, i have changed out my filter twice and there is no sign of mold growing there (I wrote a DIY post on filter change, u can search for it). I know there is chemicals u can buy to kill the mold...but i haven't seen them in stores. Acura charges you about $100 to clean the mold out. I just get a bottle of lysol and spray it in the air ducts at the base of the windshild while running the A/ C in fresh air mode. This is affective for about 2-3 months, and then u have to do it again. The problem is how honda designs their A/C system. It seems that the Evaporator Valve is not big enough or clogged that the water/moisture is not getting out.

The only thing that will prevent mold from growing is if u turn ur A/C on and always use fresh air instead of recycled air.

 

3 years and dont have that problem. sorry i cant help.

 

I also helps reduce mold buildup by turning off your A/C and just running the fan a few minutes before you turn off the climate control system.

 

That's what I do