Car fragrance stopped working
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From: Bucks County PA not far from the Delaware River North & East of Philly by an hour.
‘68 Pontiac convertible, ‘71 Corvette 4 spd, ‘20 Accord Touring, 06 Duramax crew-c
Car fragrance stopped working
I refilled the fragrance jar that sits in its designed for spot in the glovebox. It worked initially but not since. I followed just what the owners manual says for this part of the climate control - I’m hoping you guys have something I don’t know about or a trick to this.
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I refilled the fragrance jar that sits in its designed for spot in the glovebox. It worked initially but not since. I followed just what the owners manual says for this part of the climate control - I’m hoping you guys have something I don’t know about or a trick to this.
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I refilled the fragrance jar that sits in its designed for spot in the glovebox. It worked initially but not since. I followed just what the owners manual says for this part of the climate control - I’m hoping you guys have something I don’t know about or a trick to this.
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Don’t hold your breath
I refilled the fragrance jar that sits in its designed for spot in the glovebox. It worked initially but not since. I followed just what the owners manual says for this part of the climate control - I’m hoping you guys have something I don’t know about or a trick to this.
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From: Bucks County PA not far from the Delaware River North & East of Philly by an hour.
‘68 Pontiac convertible, ‘71 Corvette 4 spd, ‘20 Accord Touring, 06 Duramax crew-c
I had a similar thing happen a couple of years ago. I noticed that the fragrance jar in my car did not have the round metal disc glued to the bottom of the jar as another spare jar had. I had actually found the disc on the floor and threw it away thinking that it was some random manufacturing thing that vibrated out from under the seat. I glued a small washer of the same diameter to the jar bottom and the fragrance started to work again. I have no idea what the function of that disc is nor if it was responsible for my "fix" but it might be worth a check. Good luck!
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2015 S550
Yeah....my jar hadn't been in it's proper place for a couple of years and would shift all over the glove box. Then one day I noticed that little magnet stuck in the correct place. The 2-sided tape MB uses for these magnets wears out over time and this is the result. So I just cleaned off the old tape residue on the bottom of the jar and JBWelded the magnet back on. Now I have a permanent fix and the jar hasn't moved out of place ever since.
