Interior A/C Vent Smell

[Kiachup_3.3]

Hey all, this is my first post and hopefully, I get some feedback.
I have had my 2020 Stinger GT for a little over a year now and I use my AC every day here in hot and humid Florida. When I start my car, I get a musty smell through the air vents and I am thinking it can be a few things...(My fiance described it as the smell you get when you walk in Home Depot in the gardening section lol)

1) Changing the cabin air filter since I have not it done yet
2) Cleaning the sunroof drains (I worked at Volkswagen as a tech and they always had this problem which caused a moldy smell.)
3) Someone told me if the AC is used every day the AC compressor should be flushed (This one doesn't make much sense since the car is a year old and blows nice and cold...but I could be crazy)

Let me know what y'all think as I would like some ideas before I start throwing time and money at it. Thanks!

 

[spider55]

Welcome, If your in a area where it's humid & hot you should have the Compressor flushed out every year. I live in Arizona where it's hot all the time but a dry heat so I don't have to clean the Compressor out all the time. I'm going on 3 years an there's no smell.

Just take the car to the dealer an they will flush it for you...

 

[BeachMetal]

The cabin air filter in these cars get gross quickly and changing it may help also. I replaced mine with a washable K&N one.

 

[Kiachup_3.3]

Welcome, If your in a area where it's humid & hot you should have the Compressor flushed out every year. I live in Arizona where it's hot all the time but a dry heat so I don't have to clean the Compressor out all the time. I'm going on 3 years an there's no smell.

Just take the car to the dealer an they will flush it for you...

Awesome. I will give them a call and get it checked out. I guess we all learn something new every day!

 

[Kiachup_3.3]

The cabin air filter in these cars get gross quickly and changing it may help also. I replaced mine with a washable K&N one.

I just put a new one in anyways cause the old one was wicked dirty. this along with flushing the compressor should get this fixed. thanks for the input!

 

[Djltoronto]

Flushing the compressor?

You mean clean the evaporator?