Did I accidentally ruin my Audi A3 radio by using Lysol to freshen bad smell in car?

[cargirl2b]

Am new to this forum and so am not even sure I'm posting this question to the right area, but here goes.
To make a long story short, I bought a used 2013 A3 a few months ago. The warmer the weather got, the more odd and unusual the car smelled, especially through the air vents. Whatever the smell was, it wasn't fresh.
I looked online and did the "normal" things suggested like change the air cabin filter. Didn't get rid of this odd smell.
I then bought both Lysol and Ozium to spray into the air intake vents outside of the car, in the inside car vents, and under the glove compartment. Smelled better for a day or so, but the old smell soon came back.
I did this spraying process 2 - 3 times.
The bad news? After this last set of spraying last week, my radio went out. I wonder if I am somehow responsible for this - I wonder if where I sprayed into the two air vents above the radio, some drippage may have occurred and I shorted out either a wire to the radio or the radio itself.
That said, I am going to put in another radio and so here's my question to those of you who know your Audi's inside and out:
Could the Lysol or Ozium spray have accidentally gotten to the radio? Why I'd like to know is because, when I get a new radio installed - and if it works - I don't want to accidentally repeat the same mistake, seeing that I still don't have a lasting "fresh air" smell in the car. I still have another can of Lysol on hand I've considered using to continue to try to freshen up the smell, but won't use if you Audi folks in this forum don't recommend it.
Thanks in advance for any thoughts, insights, etc. It's been a bit frustrating both with the car smelling and now with the radio going out. Otherwise, it's a beautiful A3. ;-)

[nick1980]

Unless you drenched it
I doubt spraying cleaners could have seeped into wiring harness etc
And spray alil in the vents but mostly spray it where you put your cabin filter with ac on . Sounds like you might have water buildup in ac system and it smells stale
Does it drain under care with ac on like it should?

And I'd use sprays sparingly,they just mask
Maybe get baking soda and vacuum after a day or so
White vinegar or coffee
Check for leaves,acorns etc in cowl so water can't drain
Air car out
Might have to get an ac foamy product to clean ac coils
Etc

[ramack]

I wouldn't think there's a connection with what you're doing and the radio going out, could be wrong. Did you check the fuses?

IF IF IF you like the smell of coffee (for a while) this might work...buy the least expensive coffee from your local grocer and scatter it all over the floors and rear deck area until the coffee smell begins to decrease. Vacuum out the car, then put in another batch of coffee. Layer it thick, 1/4-1/2 thick. I did this in a car that was given to me while I was in college. The car had been in a barn with the windows down and cats had used it as a litter box for a long time. The stench was awful. I tried baking soda, Carpet Fresh and a few other things, but nothing took the smell out long term. It would come back after a few weeks of stopping whatever "treatment" I had been applying.

I don't recall where I found or read what finally worked, it was before the web. But the coffee worked. After the 2nd treatment, the cat odor was gone and never returned. Note, this is only for the smell/odor. Like Nick mentioned, you need to find the odor source. Once you've done that and removed the source, then treat with the coffee. Each batch of coffee was a 3 lb white label.

If you don't like the smell of coffee, the treatment could be worse that the original cause, ha.