Whenever I drive with the a/c off and the air recirculation button off, the air that is coming in thru the vents tends to have a foul musty odor. It smells just fine when I run the a/c and recirc. on. When am I supposed to change the cabin filter? I have 41,000 mls. on the car and this problem started a few weeks back. I'll be taking her in for an oil change in a couple of weeks and I'll ask my service guy about it. I'm posting here because I am curious if anyone else has had this problem. If it's something serious can somebody let me know. Thanks a bunch.
HELP!! Smelly 02" Passat
Aug 26, 2004
2 Replies
Hi!
Well... kind of. My '01 Passat, 73k km (about 45k mls) started to have somewhat of a smell through the a/c recently. It is only noticable right after start. The smell is a bit plastic, kind of the smell of plastic boats... It seems more noticable when the weather is hot...
/Thomas
I think the cabin filer change is specified at 20K mile intervals.
Bill
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