I bought a 2000 Volvo V40 from a wonderful, clean, well spoken (working) young lady.
When I talked to her she said she was moving and would miss her Volvo!
I thought the car MUST be in GREAT shape for her to be so sad.
An exasperated "Good God", just came flying out of my mouth when I saw it.
Even as the car was parked there with the windows and doors closed,
there was this TERRIBLE overpowering smell. I'm pretty sure I threw up a little in my mouth; ugh
There was a certain "SMELL" that I thought was patchouli, mixed with underarm body odor,
mixed with male cat urine, mixed with the vomit of a drunk sailor, mixed with the scent of a horse stall!
I'm not kidding! It took my breath away. No wonder no one wanted to buy it.
I negotiated a good price and started cleaning it. It's a Volvo after all; of course I wanted it!
Shampooed the carpets and seats. STILL STINKS.
Power washed all the nooks and crannies all over. STILL STINKS.
Used bleachless bleach, vinegar, fabric softner (sheets and liquid)crap all over.
Stinks less, but STILL STINKS.
Meanwhile, I'm reading up on this car and come across the fact that it has a cabin filter.
I'LL BE A SON OF A GUN if that wasn't EXACTLY the problem!
I mean, once I took the filter out, it didn't smell like the smell at all;
so I was kind of disappointed that I didn't find some sort of recently deceased alien on it.
But, once I changed the filter, the smell went away. Simply disappeared.
Before I changed the filter my little dog REFUSED to get in so we could go to the dog park;
something she's ALWAYS excited about! After I changed it, up she goes; SERIOUSLY! I'm not joking!
Besides changing the headlights and turn signal lights (the whole assembly)
THIS FILTER WAS THE BEST THING THAT I'VE BOUGHT for this car!
CHANGE YOUR FILTERS PEOPLE. SHEEEESH!
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