Bad odor from A/C.

[ktom]

Where I live the A/C is on from April to November. I have recently started to get that moldy odor from the vents when I first turn on the vehicle.

Are there others who have experienced this? Did you have the dealer fix it? Do you know of another fix?

Thanks

The vehicle has spent 3+ weeks at the dealer for various things. Nothing major. I just don't want it to disappear for another week if I don't have to.

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[F150ROD]

Yes. Same thing with all other vehicles whether it be ICE or EV.

Basically before shutting it off run the AC with exterior circulation vs interior circulation.

Also check/replace your interior cabin filter, easy to do. It's behind the glove box.

 

[Ford Motor Company]

Where I live the A/C is on from April to November. I have recently started to get that moldy odor from the vents when I first turn on the vehicle.

Are there others who have experienced this? Did you have the dealer fix it? Do you know of another fix?

Thanks

The vehicle has spent 3+ weeks at the dealer for various things. Nothing major. I just don't want it to disappear for another week if I don't have to.

Hello! Could you privately message us with your VIN and the name and location of your Ford dealer so I can look into this odor concern? Thank you!

 

[ElectrifyingMe25]

Where I live the A/C is on from April to November. I have recently started to get that moldy odor from the vents when I first turn on the vehicle.

Are there others who have experienced this? Did you have the dealer fix it? Do you know of another fix?

Thanks

The vehicle has spent 3+ weeks at the dealer for various things. Nothing major. I just don't want it to disappear for another week if I don't have to.

I believe I found the source of the foul smelling coming from my vent.

I took the cabin air filter out to check it for mold or signs of a mouse nest. Of course it is located behind the glove box.

I ended up finding a total of 4 stink bugs crawling on my filter. I actually found two on the filter the first time I took it out, and the smell was still there when I reinstalled the filter.

The second time I took out the filter, my intention was to use a borescope to look in the duct to see what I could see. However, when I removed the filter, I found two more stink bugs.

I wasn't able to get the borescope in the space between the housing and the edge of the squirrel cage fan blade. I didn't think the extra two stink bugs would be the whole source of the problem.

I ended up putting everything back together, and when I tried my vent fan, the bad smell was gone. So the issue must have been the stink bugs.

I felt fortunate to solve the issue this easily.

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