What is this smell, and how to get rid of it !!!! PLZ Assist..ty

Dead mouse in the cabin air filter?

 

Leaking ac drain line undash on passenger side?

SM-G920V ?

 

Check the spare tire well for water if you have one.

 

While you're looking for the mouse or whatever, give the baking soda more time to work. Leave a vented box under the passenger seat and forget about it.

 

Has anyone else smelled the odor in your car? How did they describe it? Olfactory dysfunction?

 

The spell isn't gone, you just adjust to it.
Use a 50/50 mix of white vinegar and water and dampen all the mats, seats, and any cloth type of material.
Someone probably spilled something and never cleaned it up.
Start sniffing all over, closely, you'll probably find the problem if it is in the seats or carpet.
Check your cabin air filter, it may have never been replaced.

 

Another possibility ... scroll about halfway down this page to the "Sniff? Sniff?" heading.

 

Click the "this page" link.

 

Was your spare tire well wet?

 

Mine leaked and wetted underneath the carpet which I did not discover until something on the floor seemed damp. The carpet is water resistant so it held back the water quite a bit from rising up. Had to take the entire carpet out and clean it.

SM-G920V ?

 

Careful with the lysol....if you spray too saturate the seats or carpet with it the lysol smell may never go away.

SM-G920V ?

 

A chlorine dioxide gas generator—basically some sodium chlorite mixed with some clay, inside a paper packet that you never open, inside a foil packet that you take it out of—does a more-or-less miraculous job of making odors go away, without leaving any of its own. (ClO₂ is different from familiar chlorine bleach or swimming pool stuff, and while it has a bit of a similar smell, once cleared out it will not leave the car smelling like a natatorium.)

You can buy such packets from a company called starbrite. The ClO₂ production begins as soon as you take the packet out of the foil pouch and moisture in the air starts reacting with the NaClO₂, continuing for several hours.

They sell both "slow acting" and "fast acting" kits. The difference is, the fast-acting kit also includes a little sponge you soak with water and stick near the packet, so there's more moisture and the reaction goes faster. Being a gas, the ClO₂ will get everywhere in the car. During those hours, you'll be somewhere else.

Naturally, if there's a findable cause of the odor, it's best to find and remove that, and then bring in the ClO₂.

It doesn't have a very strong bleaching effect, but there is some right near the generator packet, so you want to find some way to hang it sort of centrally in the car, not too close to any interior trim or upholstery.