Air conditioner stinks and Honda won't help
#1
Air conditioner stinks and Honda won't help
I took my Fit to the dealer I bought it from with a complaint about the air conditioner stinking... bad. They said I was doing it "wrong" so I have attempted to do everything I can to dry it out and run it as suggested. Problem is not going away. It did not smell like this when I bought it.
I don't even care if I did it. I want it fixed. It ruins the experience totally. Open to suggestions. The car has less than 2k on it and its only 4 mo old.
I live in a very hot area of So Calif so I do run it a lot. BTW, it does not seem as cold as it should be either.
I don't even care if I did it. I want it fixed. It ruins the experience totally. Open to suggestions. The car has less than 2k on it and its only 4 mo old.
I live in a very hot area of So Calif so I do run it a lot. BTW, it does not seem as cold as it should be either.
#4
#5
Will do. Probably can't take it back to my local dealer though. Too bad. They are less than a mile from me.
#6
You may just need to replace the cabin filter to start over.
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/3rd-...ery-dirty.html
In addition to avoid this in the future, just turn off the A/C off about two minutes before you shut the vehicle off. I usually have a particular place I do this on the way home or to work, etc., and its become a regular habit and no smells.
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/3rd-...ery-dirty.html
In addition to avoid this in the future, just turn off the A/C off about two minutes before you shut the vehicle off. I usually have a particular place I do this on the way home or to work, etc., and its become a regular habit and no smells.
#8
You may just need to replace the cabin filter to start over.
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/3rd-...ery-dirty.html
In addition to avoid this in the future, just turn off the A/C off about two minutes before you shut the vehicle off. I usually have a particular place I do this on the way home or to work, etc., and its become a regular habit and no smells.
https://www.fitfreak.net/forums/3rd-...ery-dirty.html
In addition to avoid this in the future, just turn off the A/C off about two minutes before you shut the vehicle off. I usually have a particular place I do this on the way home or to work, etc., and its become a regular habit and no smells.
#12
Did you follow my link? Kool-It is a good cleaner. Checking out the filter is a good move, too. The car itself isn't what smells- something's trapped in there stinking up the place. A clogged drain or a dead mouse, I don't know what.
#14
Good link but I am not in the position to access the coils.
#15
There are many you-tube videos on how to clean and deodorize your vent system. Fit Charlie provided you with an excellent link to the product "Kool-It". Changing the cabin air filter (or using fabreeze on it, as suggested by thewebgal), are also excellent suggestions. Since it is more than likely not a warranty issue, the dealer will be the most expensive option. Self help is alway's the cheapest option.
#16
There are many you-tube videos on how to clean and deodorize your vent system. Fit Charlie provided you with an excellent link to the product "Kool-It". Changing the cabin air filter (or using fabreeze on it, as suggested by thewebgal), are also excellent suggestions. Since it is more than likely not a warranty issue, the dealer will be the most expensive option. Self help is alway's the cheapest option.
#17
Hopefully a mouse didn't crawl in somewhere and die
I park my company car (not a Fit) in my yard and small mice have bedded down on the cabin air filter 3-4 times now. Talk about a stench! I brought it to the dealer and they "couldn't find anything wrong with it" so when I got home I handled it myself.
I park my company car (not a Fit) in my yard and small mice have bedded down on the cabin air filter 3-4 times now. Talk about a stench! I brought it to the dealer and they "couldn't find anything wrong with it" so when I got home I handled it myself.
#18
I use the OEM engine air intake filter though but that's entirely different.
#19
Techs don't like working for free. He probably already isn't getting paid for not having found a warranty problem, and he's got no incentive to go ahead and fix the non warranty problem for free- that's rwo free jobs on one RO!
#20
I took my Fit to the dealer I bought it from with a complaint about the air conditioner stinking... bad. They said I was doing it "wrong" so I have attempted to do everything I can to dry it out and run it as suggested. Problem is not going away. It did not smell like this when I bought it.
I don't even care if I did it. I want it fixed. It ruins the experience totally. Open to suggestions. The car has less than 2k on it and its only 4 mo old.
I live in a very hot area of So Calif so I do run it a lot. BTW, it does not seem as cold as it should be either.
I don't even care if I did it. I want it fixed. It ruins the experience totally. Open to suggestions. The car has less than 2k on it and its only 4 mo old.
I live in a very hot area of So Calif so I do run it a lot. BTW, it does not seem as cold as it should be either.