psk145

does anyone else get a moldy smell on the inside after washing their car? Mine does everytime but it goes away after a day or so

Marktini

Only If I leave my wet towels in the trunk...

Vader13

Weird..

Taucher

No, but I wash mine with the windows UP ! ! :p

viper

You probably have a leak in your weatherstripping somewhere. Check the trunk and around the doors and find where water is penetrating.

©32

Check the A/C filter... water might have leaked into it

MK899

Sometimes I get a moldy smell from the A/C. When the A/C is turned off for around 10 min. and then restarted, the smell will appear.

moa4r

try this stuff called figifresh, its supposed to work for that wierd muggy smell from the AC vents

psk145

no water is getting past the seals on the door so I dont think thats it.

It doesnt stink when I turn my AC on, so I dont know if thats it either. Maybe something crawled into my car and died

KompressorKev

i noticed that when accessing the battery, there is a box which i believe goes to the AC which has a filter in it and that i think dust accumulation or getting that filter wet can make the AC smell. it's mounted on top of the battery, and unhooking 3 simple clips will take it off. maybe try cleaning this to see if it works

psk145

thanks, I'll give it a shot!!

Marktini

Not knowing exactly where the smell comes from it's hard to say, however there was a M-B tech bulletin in September of 03

P-62_00-06 SEP 03 Body - Water Leaks Into Front Footwells

Web site: http://www.alldata.com/TSB/35/0335BNAJ.html

it's probably worth a call to your dealer, good luck

VancouverC32

I am getting this smell now as well. It almost smells like bad B.O. I stuck my nose into the leather and smelled around but the odor is not there unless the car is running. I have to have the roof open. It appears that it is better with the recirculation button activated though. Anybody else getting this? We are into our fall wet rainy season, but today was sunny.

redduc

Mine started to stink about two months ago. The dealer cleaned the A/C filter and sprayed some goodsmellingstuff through the vents. The problem still exist, but to a lesser extent. I image replacing the filter will solve the problem.

FormerC32Owner

Yup. The dealership ended up replacing the my whole HVAC system. Bad smells coming from the vents. What I found interesting is that there was no residual water draining from under the parked car after the AC was used heavily - like on other cars I've owned. Mercedes service thought that was weird too. So that condensation was building up somewhere.

Unfortunately, after 2 months after the full replacement, the bad moldy smells from the vents returned - especially at startup. My service advisor was very frustrated - as was I.

chitownc32

does it comes from the front passenger side ?