I recently bought a 2023 cpo GLC300 with only 10K miles on it. Only problem (so far) is that the perfume of the prior front seat passenger lingers on the shoulder belt. My wife is complaining. I have tried cleaning/lightly soaking it down with Palmolive dish soap on a cloth, but the smell persists. I suggested she add a drop of her favorite perfume; she shot that idea right down. Any suggestions ?

 

Replace the seat belt -- much simpler than replacing the wife. (lol)

 

woolite

 

Seatbelt would be my suspect. OxiClean would by my solution, replacement if that doesn't work. Also run the car with the air con on full fan recirc and spray copious amounts of Lysol (no passengers) as an idea before replacement.

maw

 

I feel for you, as I once bought a CPO BMW with the same problem on the driver's seatbelt. I often wonder why people - both men and women - feel compelled to marinate themselves in perfumes/colognes.

 

Well, "Mr. Firstworld".....tell your wife to be happy that she can not smell the human carcass that had rotted and seeped into that seat belt. Took days to get the rotting human tissue and brain matter out of the interior out of the car after the suicide.

 

What's even worse is that people who are inclined to scent themselves dull their olfactory sense over time, and douse themselves with increasing quantities. What they can barely smell overwhelms others. It's specially annoying in restaurants when someone reaking is seated at an adjacent table. Perfumes were used centuries ago when people bathed only a couple times a year. It's no longer essential.

 

My friend, I invite you to come to FL and hang out with me at some NICE clinics for a few days (NICE CLINICS!!!!). Then imagine the same in not so nice clinics, ED's, wound care and on and on....I am positive your feelings would change. Heck, ask a cashier you know......

 

I can assure you that healthcare does have exclusive rights to unpleasant nauseating air quality. Industrial environments use filtering and purification methods to eliminate odors that are not only offensive, but in many cases toxic. My point is that masking one problem by creating another is not a solution nor a cure, but merely a diversion.

 

It's the absolute worst in restaurants!

 

Perhaps not as bad as when somebody at the table next to you was smoking a cigar....back in the day...