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Halfbaked_Boy · 29th December 2006, 02:24

Hello all,

I went out and bought myself a new car on Wednesday - absolutely great, except for one item that I am fairly concerned about; I have noticed that when using the air conditioning it serves its purpose well but on odd intervals a weird odour comes through the system (only for a second or two every ten minutes or so) which has given both two of my friends and I (on two different occasions) fairly bad headaches. When the A/C is switched off, this problem is non-existant hence it now being a new rule of the car not to use it!

I am having the system inspected by the Mazda distributor I bought from on Monday, but does anybody have any idea what may be happening here?
If it means anything to anybody, the manual states that this car uses the refrigerant 'R 134a' which supposedly doesn't harm the ozone layer... what about me!?

In all seriousness though, before getting a result from Mazda on Monday, should I allow my family and friends in the car at all; could it be a serious problem/hazardous to the health for them? Would be interested to hear if anybody else has experienced similar happenings.

All the best,

Jack.

29th December 2006, 02:24	#1 (permalink)
Halfbaked_Boy Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Northampton, U.K. Posts: 174	Air Conditioning and Headaches Hello all, I went out and bought myself a new car on Wednesday - absolutely great, except for one item that I am fairly concerned about; I have noticed that when using the air conditioning it serves its purpose well but on odd intervals a weird odour comes through the system (only for a second or two every ten minutes or so) which has given both two of my friends and I (on two different occasions) fairly bad headaches. When the A/C is switched off, this problem is non-existant hence it now being a new rule of the car not to use it! I am having the system inspected by the Mazda distributor I bought from on Monday, but does anybody have any idea what may be happening here? If it means anything to anybody, the manual states that this car uses the refrigerant 'R 134a' which supposedly doesn't harm the ozone layer... what about me!? In all seriousness though, before getting a result from Mazda on Monday, should I allow my family and friends in the car at all; could it be a serious problem/hazardous to the health for them? Would be interested to hear if anybody else has experienced similar happenings. All the best, Jack. Last edited by Halfbaked_Boy : 29th December 2006 at 02:36.