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Musty odor S60

posted by  cardave on  Fri Sep 17 10:50 CST 2004
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I own a 2002 S60 AWD. My wife told me that she noticed a musty odor coming from the A/C vents when she turned on the A/C. The car has 18,000 miles. What's the problem?








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Musty odor S60

posted by  kshaw on  Fri Sep 17 14:51 CST 2004
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Most likely the cabin air filter needs to be replaced.








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Musty odor S60

posted by  someone claiming to be volvotech66 on  Wed Sep 29 02:01 CST 2004 [RELATED]

there is a function called "after blow" which starts the coupé fan for 10 minutes after the vehicle been parked for I guess one hour. This function blow away and dry out condence water from the AC system inside dash, where water and microbiological particles can develop causing odor.
This function should be activated in your vehicle but it might been turned off, and then you get this odor the first minutes after start using your vehicle.
In todays production this function has been turnes off to save battery lifetime, but can be activated again by your dealer.







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