Samurai 20V Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Hi gents. Have a weird issue with my 2 month old Golf. It has leather trim, it had the lovely new car smell. I used the car yesterday as per usual. Stopped at a garage for fuel, jumped back in and got the weird smell. It smells like the air from the inside of a tyre. I removed the spare wheel, still has the smell. The A/C is on all time in the car, beginning to suspect that, but the smell seems to manifest while the car is parked. Driving me nuts, the car has just over 1000kms on it, want my new car smell back! Any ideas? Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peter richards Posted October 13, 2017 Share Posted October 13, 2017 had a nearly new Qashqai this summer it had a smell owner thought it was tobacco when he first called me , after initial inspection it wasn't , but couldn't put a tag to it . I cleaned the complete interior wet vacd the whole carpet seats , done the headliner , put a n air con bomb through the AC . few weeks later I called him to see and its still there. he had a service booked so asked him to make sure the pollen filter got changed , still the same . he appreciated the time I spent trying to sort it for him but frustrating to be beaten this time . god knows what it is .dealers can put all sorts of stuff in the give you that new smell know that's worn off id take it back and ask him to look into it get them to check out under there could still be some transportation stuff still under there and is now near the exhaust , never know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai 20V Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 Thanks mate, I checked the tyre is not leaking, confirmed at a tyre shop. Sprayed megs odour eliminator, seems ok, will monitor it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Thanks mate, I checked the tyre is not leaking, confirmed at a tyre shop. Sprayed megs odour eliminator, seems ok, will monitor it. What’s the temperature / weather like when it’s happening ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai 20V Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 Was raining this week, around 20deg.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyson Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Could be a failed seal letting moisture in and it’s getting damp ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sukhy Posted October 14, 2017 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Sure it's not a foul smell of fuel coming in to the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samurai 20V Posted October 14, 2017 Author Share Posted October 14, 2017 Seems to be behaving, cleaned the interior today. Thanks for the posts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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