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Funky smell coming from climat control vents

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1.2K views 9 replies 6 participants last post by  noobytoogy  
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The other day a smell began to fill the cabin of my car. I initially thought it was coming from the car in front of my but after parking the car and coming back to the smell I realised that was no longer the case. I checked the engine bay and front cowl for anything that would cause the smell and found nothing. A friend told me it smelled sorta like electrical. I dont really agree with him. The smell is not as strong as when I first encountered it but it is still there. When I first get into I can smell it and continue to smell it until the car has warmed up. The heat comes on and I dont smell it as much anymore. Its still there and coming throught the vents but not as strong as on start up. There are no dash lights and all climate control functions are working properly.
 
#3 ·
Replace the cabin air filter with a new filter. The filter does get stinky when it is way past replacement. Cleaning it is useless. Best it will do is buy you a month or two. Just buy a new filter and be done.
 
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So previously the heat in my car had been on as its been pretty cool up here in Canada. Today was quite a bit warmer and the ac kicked on. No smell came out of the vents with the ac on which might indicate something is wrong with the heater core no?
 
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