get some aromoral and coat your dash and its most likely your seats they absorb EVERYTHING. get like 2 bottles of febreeze and a sponge and just wipe it down and spray and keep your windows down. u have to do it a few times to get the febreeze to penatrate the seat its probably realy in there. i has same problem i had to do it to the carpets too. i had a tempo that steamed up realy bad and seamed all hot and humid. just soak ur seats in febreeze at night keep windows open and just vacuum it like no other. and armoral yea.

 

Yea the foam seats do absorb everything. I have an 89 and there is this odd smell that I just cannot get out for the life of me. It isn't really disturbing though. I should try the febreeze idea..

 

when i changed my carpet its smell brand new again. if that don't work try to lay off them beans.

 

Head to the parts store and get a can of vent spray. Hose the vents and heater/AC core with it. Bacteria, mildew and fungus here are the most common sources of smells. Febreeze the seats (get the regular stuff...not the automotive...same stuff, 20% more price. A friend at Proctor and Gamble, the makers, let me know they are the same thing).

check to see if there is a foam filter on the HVAC...it can hold a lot of nasty stuff too, but usually requires the dash to come almost completely out.

Follow up with a steam cleaning of the interior if that does not solve it. You can rent the ones from the grocery store if you do it right, or get a detailing shop to do it. Just be prepared to put plastic on the seats for a couple of days, or get used to people pointing and laughing at your wet ass.


Bob

 

Mequiars also has a very good interior deodorizer, I used this stuff after sausage pepper and onion pizza sat in the ol' Cam for too long and it definitely worked!

http://www.meguiars.com/store_meguiars/product_list.cfm?store=meg&line=auto&catagory=4&subcatagory=4

For three bucks, what the hell right? (then again my broke ass is in no position to talk about three bucks lol)

Steve

 

steam clean the carpet and seats, that'll get rid of anything (don't do the roof with the steam cleaner though, you'll melt the glue that holds it up and it'll sag like a ghetto 87 celebrity or something )

 

febreeze that shiz

 

Steam clean the carpet and the seats on your car. That should bring out the smells that are baked inside..

 

How to remove the smell?

You could start by using deoderant, some pepcid-ac or what ever. And you can lay off the beans as a start. :lol:

Febreeze is just a cover, i think in like 2 more days the smell will be back. You need to get some lysol or something that can kill fungus and bacteria.

 

Try pouring some baking soda in a bowl and leave it in your car overnight with windows up. This should absorb all the bad smells in your car, worked for me:thumbup:

 

if all else fails get like a gallon container of favorite cologne and just pour it all over.

 

A rag damped with pure vanilla extract left sitting in a bowl for 24 hours with windows up can even kill dead fish smell in a cooler! Try it, also roll up your windows anywhere cats seem to roam. Tom-kitties can make horrible odors in a car.

 

Just get teh car detailed...tell the person NOT to do the headliner (for the reasons someone mentioned). Then just place a candle in the car for future reference. Also, don't forget to turn off ur A/c button a minute before u arrive at your destination (with the fan on low position, and a/c button to OFF - and recirculate the air - ie. open the vents). Doing such would dry up ny condensation in the vents that could be leading to that smell!

PS: stay off the taco's! :lol:

 

i am seriously the #1 febreeze fan... it works wonders
i smoke in my car and i dont want it to smell
and i febreeze at the end of the day and it smells pretty
so try that and leave the window cracked a lil bit
it should help

 

I just got a used gen3 xle and the last owner smoked cigars on the regular basis. As a matter of fact he was smoking one when he sold the car to me. The smell is not that bad but I don't want to smell like an old ass man when I get out of the car. :lol:
I have leather seats so I guess its the floor.

 

I heard febreeze leaves a nasty after-odour....
I'd say go for baking soda & vinegar....
Depends on what kind of smell though... Is it the fabric/leather? Is it coming from the vents?
If you have the habit of turning on the A/C right away and turning it off last minute when you shut off the car, it'll leave a bad condensation stench...

 

I got a stink coming from the a/c..any ideas on how to get rid of it? Don't want to febreeze or mask it.

 

There are some smells you just cant get rid of though. My friend bought a jeep from a butcher. He used to haul a lot of meat in the back. The car smells like dry blood and saw dust. He had it detailed twice at 2 different places and still no help. So he tried the febreezing method about 4 times. And STILL nothing. Now he has 2 Air freshining trees hanging on his mirror and the scents from them just combined with the smell of the blood and its HORRIBLE now.

 

Use Febreeze. However, after using it, you have to vacuum your car wherever you sprayed it. The reason is that Febreeze attracts the odour and locks it in the fabric...it holds it in, but to get rid of the odour permanently, you have to vacuum it. The read the science behind it in the Toronto Star last year or something.

 

I had a 96 Sebring Convertible. The interior carpeting got flooded and then replaced. I couldn't get the smell out. I tried febreezing it for a year!! Nothing worked.