Help: Smelly aircon

[Transporter]

Also it could be beneficial to let the outside air in through the vents by turning air recirculation off, before turning engine off.

[Arctra]

Just had my 30,000km service and they changed the air and pollen filter(s) as part of the service. I am pleased to report that the smelly aircon problem I had seems to be gone now - so must have been the filter. So if your Tig smells, there's the solution

[Dilusi]

Just had my 30,000km service and they changed the air and pollen filter(s) as part of the service. I am pleased to report that the smelly aircon problem I had seems to be gone now - so must have been the filter. So if your Tig smells, there's the solution

Thanks for this post. I had exactly the same problem and same solution. The smell went with the pollen filter change at the 30000 service. (Despite the VW service rep explaining before the service that all cars air conditioning smells bad .. right)

[team_v]

Best part is they are cheap as chips and you can do it yourself.

[aussietig]

Best part is they are cheap as chips and you can do it yourself.

Are they like the golfs, in the area under the glove box from memory?

[team_v]

Are they like the golfs, in the area under the glove box from memory?

Should be from everything i have read.

[Dilusi]

Are they like the golfs, in the area under the glove box from memory?

Just found this link which has instructions for changing the Tiguan pollen filter - may be helpful. Cabin Air Filter

and one with photos for Golf/Jetta, which I assume is a similar process VWVortex.com - Cabin or Pollen Filter DIY
Now that I know it is this easy, I won't wait for the service to change it.

[johnw]

Had the same thing in my Passat but the smell was ACTUAL wet dog as the previous owner had a dog (evident from all the hair under the rear seat!)

I used a couple of cans of autoglym aircondition sanitizer



It got rid of 95% of the smell, it's like Glen20 I guess but 10 time stronger. You let it off in the car with the A/C on and shut the doors. After about 10 min you air the car out. There was a moth trapped in the car when I was doing this and it passed out until 20 min later, and it flew off

Not bad for $16 from Repco

Oh I also changed my pollen filter, but the difference wasn't that big.