Odor from air conditioner
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Asked by JackieBrown May 26, 2016 at 05:35 PM about the 2009 Honda Civic

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have an 09 Civic with 25K miles (city driver) that's
why the low miles, i always have serviced at the
dealer.  I  just turned on the air conditioner and a
terrible odor fumes smell is blowing out.  What
would be causing that?

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Auto_Centric answered 8 years ago

Have the dealer use a hand held gas analyzer check for CO the exhaust might have a minor leak? is this only when the AC is on.. A cracked exhaust manifold can poison a person in the cabin.Regards

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JackieBrown answered 8 years ago

The odor smells like chemicals/Freon not mold. I checked beneith the car, it is not leaking. Thank you for responding.

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