I found out my 4 years old Toyota Vios air conditioner vents produced some bad smell. Just few months back, I had my cabin air filter replaced but the bad smell is still there every time I turned ON the car air conditioner. Since replacing the cabin air filter is not helping, then root cause of the bad smell should be came from the car’s air vents. The mold and bacteria have grown up in the car’s air vents, thus produce the bad smell in the car air conditioner vents when I turned ON the car air conditioner. Disinfectant spray such as Lysol can helps us to resolve this problem. Perforated car seat covers are perfect for those who want to protect their seats and enjoy heated or ventilated seats. They allow air circulation to regulate the seat’s temperature and keep you comfortable year-round.
I had bought the Lysol from ACE store, in Queensbaymall with RM35.90. Now let’s kill the molds and bacteria using Lysol, the disinfection spray.
Step by step How to DIY Fix Bad Smell in Car Air Conditioner Vents with Lysol
- Switch ON the car engine, turn ON the air conditioner in the car and allow the air flow from outside by twisting the air flow setting to the left knob, as below image:
We are done! Now the Toyota Vios air conditioner vents are disinfected with Lysol and the air vents no more produce bad smell. I can pick up my friends and family in my car with confident again 🙂 Don’t forget to give us a ‘Like’ at bottom of the post 🙂
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Lysol can’t be used on home ac units, why is it different for cars?
I tried these DIY to remove the bad smell in our car air conditioner. It really works! I was so amazed. Thanks for sharing these.
Hey Jaime,
thanks for your comment! I appreciate it, and I am still using method whenever my air con vent produce bad smell.
See you around again.
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Hi Kelvin, your blog is really helpful mostly to new owners of Vios cars. If you can help suggest a new set of rims and tires for my Vios 2015 1.3J manual. The stock is 175/65R14 and I want it to be raised up a little because the undercarriage of the car hits the humps in our subdivision.
Thank you very much Kelvin and more power to you!!
Hi Rey!
Thanks for drop by!
I would suggest you to take 185/65/15 tires size and rim as this size is optimum specification for our Vios. I am using the Michelin XM2 wheels and TRD rims, I am satisfied with the performance. You may follow my foot step.
For the height of the car, I dont really encourage you to raise it up due to our vios default suspension setting is already pretty high. Anything higher than the stock suspension, it would interfere the stability of the car…
I accidentally stumbled upon your blog and I seriously love your writeups. Thanks for the great tip, just as I was having a major headache on getting rid of the horrendous moldy smell, your article did the job and yes I don’t have that problem anymore in my a/c system now! Thanks!!!
Hi Justin,
that is awesome! I am glad that my blog helped you!
Hope to see you around again 🙂