ba13yb0i

i have an acura tl type s and i think something died in my car. When i turn on the ac an odor comes out like its a dead mice. The dealership wants like two bills to look at it. I was wondering if any one had this problem before. I beleive i am suppose to take a look at the ventilation sysytem. Anyone knows how to get to the ac ventilation system or knows a site where i can go too.

mikelee223

I think most of the air that comes in for the AC is from the Windshield area of the hood. I might be a dead animal somewhere. My dad had a dead kitten in his engine compartment last winter. I guess they climbed up to stay warm and couldnt get out in time.

CJITTY

Is your car under warranty still? Maybe it's the refrigirant or something? Is it normal to charge for something like that if it's under warranty? I mean, play it off like you don't think it's a dead animal, just say your A/C smells funny. That's what I would do.

burn-one

when was the last time you changed the ac cabin filters?

hangbok

lol... funny thing is i heard that this happened to someone else too..=)

dark inspire

something like this happend to my neighbor w/a CL, he said it smelled like rotten eggs. Turned out to be a bad battery.

mikelee223

Bad Battery? I didnt know a bad battery had an odor.

ba13yb0i

my car still stinks help please

ba13yb0i

anyone knows how to get to the cabin air filter

mikelee223

do a search, there are people that posted stuff on it

mikelee223

Try this, it might help.

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...t=cabin+filter

fsttyms1

https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...t=cabin+filter
https://acurazine.com/forums/showthr...t=cabin+filter

when you pull the filters out get some lysol turn the fan on high and spray that in the opening for the filters. many have had issues of bad smells in the condenser area

Pure Adrenaline

iTrader: (2)

yeah, it can happen. The corrosion on the terminals or something like that. I haven't personally seen it happen, but I've read on various forums of a few cases where it was the battery. I guess the smell somehow gets into the cabin.

fsttyms1

thats why if you have the battery inside the car you are supposed to have it in a vented box thats vented outside

xboarder

http://www.micronair.com/
go here and it has steps on how to replace it for a tl, there should be no cutting like the people in the other forms have been doing. this will take the rotten egg smell away

xboarder

btw u have to click product finder on the left when u go to http://www.micronair.com/, and then u will see installation pics

CJITTY

Oh yeah!! Sulphur smells like eggs. Leaking batteries do stink @ss

patrick

I believe you are referring to the mildew or mold that grows in there? If so, then yes, changing the filters and using lysol will help. But if the smell is from a dead animal, no amount of lysol or changing filters will help.