Your theory also does not work as can be confirmed by multiple people who have written on this thread saying that they run their ac on auto without recirculation who have had terrible odors. Someone else on here states they only use manual with recirculation and have had no odors. So how do you explain that?
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1 Year and No AC Issues
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Your theory also does not work as can be confirmed by multiple people who have written on this thread saying that they run their ac on auto without recirculation who have had terrible odors. Someone else on here states they only use manual with recirculation and have had no odors. So how do you explain that?
lol no. I’ve only used my air system on auto as well. I had the smell over the summer. It’s not noticeable in the cooler months now.
Florida is surprisingly not as hot compared to the deserts as I thought it might be.
But overall, I think there are enough people with the issue that it isn’t user dependent as you assert. How else do you explain me using auto all the time and having the smell and you using auto all the time and not having the smell?
There are a ton of other variables. It could be that since I drive twice as many miles a year than you, that my AC is running twice as much (or more, as I probably run AC for months longer due to the climate in my area). My commute is an hour each way with the AC working hard the whole time, which is a long time for moisture to build up every day.
I can see your longer commutes as a possible factor. How about humidity in Florida versus desert dry heat?
Good question as to why so many do not have issues with smells but others do.
gilscales
Banned
anyone tried these? I wonder if they are more effective than the stock cabin filter?
Model 3 HEPA Cabin Air Filter Replacement
Model 3 HEPA Cabin Air Filter Replacement
FloridaGary
Member
I wonder if the issue is how well the AC condensation is draining out from your car? That is the only common thread I can see considering the feedback on this thread.
CharleyBC
Active Member
We’re at 15 months and 24000 miles. It is vanishingly rare that we run AC not in automatic. Yet we have had the stinky syndrome. But we haven’t had it the past few months since they addressed it with software.
Good point on the condensate drain. My car has always drained very well. Always a wet spot.
JPP
Active Member
After 1 year in NoCA with the factory filters in my P3D+ using HVAC with Auto and Cabin Overheat on with AC, I detected the dreaded smell from the system. I got the Kool-It cleaner and bought the EV Tuning filters. Just did the drill yesterday to remove the factory filters (..thanks to the assembly line staff for not leaving the tabs on the filters exposed...among other issues). The OEM filters were pretty dirty, with small bits of leaves & dirt. Note too that on the Model 3 the air intake under the plastic baffle in the frunk is wide open--no screen or perforated panel. So I did the foam cleaning and installed the new HEPA/activated carbon filters--all good. Nice and clean--no odor. And FWIW I bought a Made in China air intake baffle to fill the big hole and keep the larger bits out. I vacuumed out the intake down to the metal screen before installing the baffle. So far, so good.
SSonnentag
埃隆•馬斯克
I live in Yuma, Arizona. Been driving my S for nearly 2 years with AC on AUTO. No smells at all. In fact, this is the first car I've had in decades that DIDN'T have an AC smell. I drive about 32,000 miles per year with this car.
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