nosurprise

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You know, can mold survive hot temperatures? The car sitting in the sun can get to 140F here; that would kill all the mold, no?

adam2104

Just following up on this. Johnson Lexus in Raleigh NC has been doing their best to take care of this for me. Last week they performed a "Biopledge" cleaning over night and gave me a loaner for no charge. We'll see what happens with this approach. Meanwhile I haven't had my AC in recirculate in a month, using fresh air only. I'm not sure its helping.

adam2104

Sadly the smell came back today. It's been a week since the more in-depth cleaning was done. While I find the smell unpleasant, my real concern is that the smell is caused by mold/mildew in the AC system. Even though the smell goes away quickly, the root cause of the problem is still present. I don't fancy breathing that in while in my car, especially if I'm going to keep this thing for 8 or more years.

Has anyone else taken the dealer/Lexus to task over this issue? Did you ever get satisfactory resolution?

kickin8

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I never had any problems since day 1 - try the Lysol spray like other members mentioned....

RXGS

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I just used a spray callled "Ozium" and sprayed where the cabin filter is, into the vents, and into the cowl y the wipers and smell is completely gone

adam2104

The problem with Lysol and Ozium is that is not removing the cause of the problem, its simply covering it up with another smell. That's not a solution in my mind, a bandaid at best.

jennie

Lysol is a disinfectant...