$118 Car wash - mouse in the dash
01-12-09, 01:06 PM
#31
if he's willing to pay 75 for a air filter, he's lucky they didnt charge him 300+ for the car wash! 
03-30-10, 01:45 PM
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Unhappy endings....
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Instead of creating a new thread, I'll bump this old one from the past. I'm familiar with the odor of a dead mouse and that's what I was sniffing when in my car. My first place to look was the cabin air filter and sure enough the rodent was there wedged in my charcoal air filter. So I plucked it and few leaves from the filter and took a pic with my camera phone. I read somewhere awhile ago here in CL of another member who had a mouse in their filter but It still amazes me that I found that thing in there.
Instead of creating a new thread, I'll bump this old one from the past. I'm familiar with the odor of a dead mouse and that's what I was sniffing when in my car. My first place to look was the cabin air filter and sure enough the rodent was there wedged in my charcoal air filter. So I plucked it and few leaves from the filter and took a pic with my camera phone. I read somewhere awhile ago here in CL of another member who had a mouse in their filter but It still amazes me that I found that thing in there.
Your tale, above, sounds too good to be true. My own horor flick has had a much more costly outcome. Not once, but TWICE, have rodents found their way into my 04 GS300. First time was 18 months ago. The poor creatures were not aware that, thanks to my obsessive nature about my cars, I refuse to ever eat inside one. There isn't so much as a crumb of anything, anywhere. But I digress..........
My tale of woe started with me just smelling what can only be described as wet fur. I wondered what it could be. Tried smelling myself and my shoes. That lasted one week then I found a 'calling card' on the dashboard. WTF?! Before I could respond the putrific odor of decaying flesh began to permeate the cabin. I took it to the Bellevue dealership. It required total removal of the dash to reach the dead body, cost $1,400.
Fast forward to 2010 and it is like Deja vu!!
I get in the car three weeks ago and once again smell wet fur. I talked myself down from the ledge (wish I hadn't done that) and convinced myself it was only my overreactive imagination. Then came the piles of rat **** on the carpet to prove my first hunch had been correct. That's when I leapt, rather late, into action with sticky trays on the floor mats. I caught nothing nada zip.
Then came the smell. Only this time it wasn't dead decaying flesh but rather the overpowering smell of urine and feces. I would have preferred the former. The high cost is holding me back from heading to the dealership. I simply cannot afford the kind of money it costs to remove the dash and clean up everything. So I drive with every window and the roof open (hoping it doesn't rain and I do live on the eastside of Seattle).
Just a word of advice to those of you who have never known the pleasure of an uninvited guest inside your Lexus. Our vehicles were designed to bring in fresh air. What my service advisor tells me, this fresh air intake might as well have a neon sign over it and the smell of cheese making it a broad avenue for rodents to pass into our otherwise pristine automobiles. In other words, "this happens alot" he said.
Your posting has given me the idea of simply starting with the cabin air filter. Perhaps there's an empty nest, which can be reached. If so, the smell in my car might be a less expensive repair.
I can only hope........
-JR
03-30-10, 02:21 PM
#34
Your tale, above, sounds too good to be true. My own horor flick has had a much more costly outcome. Not once, but TWICE, have rodents found their way into my 04 GS300. First time was 18 months ago. The poor creatures were not aware that, thanks to my obsessive nature about my cars, I refuse to ever eat inside one. There isn't so much as a crumb of anything, anywhere. But I digress..........
My tale of woe started with me just smelling what can only be described as wet fur. I wondered what it could be. Tried smelling myself and my shoes. That lasted one week then I found a 'calling card' on the dashboard. WTF?! Before I could respond the putrific odor of decaying flesh began to permeate the cabin. I took it to the Bellevue dealership. It required total removal of the dash to reach the dead body, cost $1,400.
Fast forward to 2010 and it is like Deja vu!!
I get in the car three weeks ago and once again smell wet fur. I talked myself down from the ledge (wish I hadn't done that) and convinced myself it was only my overreactive imagination. Then came the piles of rat **** on the carpet to prove my first hunch had been correct. That's when I leapt, rather late, into action with sticky trays on the floor mats. I caught nothing nada zip.
Then came the smell. Only this time it wasn't dead decaying flesh but rather the overpowering smell of urine and feces. I would have preferred the former. The high cost is holding me back from heading to the dealership. I simply cannot afford the kind of money it costs to remove the dash and clean up everything. So I drive with every window and the roof open (hoping it doesn't rain and I do live on the eastside of Seattle).
Just a word of advice to those of you who have never known the pleasure of an uninvited guest inside your Lexus. Our vehicles were designed to bring in fresh air. What my service advisor tells me, this fresh air intake might as well have a neon sign over it and the smell of cheese making it a broad avenue for rodents to pass into our otherwise pristine automobiles. In other words, "this happens alot" he said.
Your posting has given me the idea of simply starting with the cabin air filter. Perhaps there's an empty nest, which can be reached. If so, the smell in my car might be a less expensive repair.
I can only hope........
-JR
My tale of woe started with me just smelling what can only be described as wet fur. I wondered what it could be. Tried smelling myself and my shoes. That lasted one week then I found a 'calling card' on the dashboard. WTF?! Before I could respond the putrific odor of decaying flesh began to permeate the cabin. I took it to the Bellevue dealership. It required total removal of the dash to reach the dead body, cost $1,400.
Fast forward to 2010 and it is like Deja vu!!
I get in the car three weeks ago and once again smell wet fur. I talked myself down from the ledge (wish I hadn't done that) and convinced myself it was only my overreactive imagination. Then came the piles of rat **** on the carpet to prove my first hunch had been correct. That's when I leapt, rather late, into action with sticky trays on the floor mats. I caught nothing nada zip.
Then came the smell. Only this time it wasn't dead decaying flesh but rather the overpowering smell of urine and feces. I would have preferred the former. The high cost is holding me back from heading to the dealership. I simply cannot afford the kind of money it costs to remove the dash and clean up everything. So I drive with every window and the roof open (hoping it doesn't rain and I do live on the eastside of Seattle).
Just a word of advice to those of you who have never known the pleasure of an uninvited guest inside your Lexus. Our vehicles were designed to bring in fresh air. What my service advisor tells me, this fresh air intake might as well have a neon sign over it and the smell of cheese making it a broad avenue for rodents to pass into our otherwise pristine automobiles. In other words, "this happens alot" he said.
Your posting has given me the idea of simply starting with the cabin air filter. Perhaps there's an empty nest, which can be reached. If so, the smell in my car might be a less expensive repair.
I can only hope........
-JR
i think bluelex did a DIY....or i know he did the color change interior so he could help u (i assume)
05-25-11, 10:58 AM
#35
Your tale, above, sounds too good to be true. My own horor flick has had a much more costly outcome. Not once, but TWICE, have rodents found their way into my 04 GS300. First time was 18 months ago. The poor creatures were not aware that, thanks to my obsessive nature about my cars, I refuse to ever eat inside one. There isn't so much as a crumb of anything, anywhere. But I digress..........
My tale of woe started with me just smelling what can only be described as wet fur. I wondered what it could be. Tried smelling myself and my shoes. That lasted one week then I found a 'calling card' on the dashboard. WTF?! Before I could respond the putrific odor of decaying flesh began to permeate the cabin. I took it to the Bellevue dealership. It required total removal of the dash to reach the dead body, cost $1,400.
Fast forward to 2010 and it is like Deja vu!!
I get in the car three weeks ago and once again smell wet fur. I talked myself down from the ledge (wish I hadn't done that) and convinced myself it was only my overreactive imagination. Then came the piles of rat **** on the carpet to prove my first hunch had been correct. That's when I leapt, rather late, into action with sticky trays on the floor mats. I caught nothing nada zip.
Then came the smell. Only this time it wasn't dead decaying flesh but rather the overpowering smell of urine and feces. I would have preferred the former. The high cost is holding me back from heading to the dealership. I simply cannot afford the kind of money it costs to remove the dash and clean up everything. So I drive with every window and the roof open (hoping it doesn't rain and I do live on the eastside of Seattle).
Just a word of advice to those of you who have never known the pleasure of an uninvited guest inside your Lexus. Our vehicles were designed to bring in fresh air. What my service advisor tells me, this fresh air intake might as well have a neon sign over it and the smell of cheese making it a broad avenue for rodents to pass into our otherwise pristine automobiles. In other words, "this happens alot" he said.
Your posting has given me the idea of simply starting with the cabin air filter. Perhaps there's an empty nest, which can be reached. If so, the smell in my car might be a less expensive repair.
I can only hope........
-JR
My tale of woe started with me just smelling what can only be described as wet fur. I wondered what it could be. Tried smelling myself and my shoes. That lasted one week then I found a 'calling card' on the dashboard. WTF?! Before I could respond the putrific odor of decaying flesh began to permeate the cabin. I took it to the Bellevue dealership. It required total removal of the dash to reach the dead body, cost $1,400.
Fast forward to 2010 and it is like Deja vu!!
I get in the car three weeks ago and once again smell wet fur. I talked myself down from the ledge (wish I hadn't done that) and convinced myself it was only my overreactive imagination. Then came the piles of rat **** on the carpet to prove my first hunch had been correct. That's when I leapt, rather late, into action with sticky trays on the floor mats. I caught nothing nada zip.
Then came the smell. Only this time it wasn't dead decaying flesh but rather the overpowering smell of urine and feces. I would have preferred the former. The high cost is holding me back from heading to the dealership. I simply cannot afford the kind of money it costs to remove the dash and clean up everything. So I drive with every window and the roof open (hoping it doesn't rain and I do live on the eastside of Seattle).
Just a word of advice to those of you who have never known the pleasure of an uninvited guest inside your Lexus. Our vehicles were designed to bring in fresh air. What my service advisor tells me, this fresh air intake might as well have a neon sign over it and the smell of cheese making it a broad avenue for rodents to pass into our otherwise pristine automobiles. In other words, "this happens alot" he said.
Your posting has given me the idea of simply starting with the cabin air filter. Perhaps there's an empty nest, which can be reached. If so, the smell in my car might be a less expensive repair.
I can only hope........
-JR
I can so relate to this. I just picked up a '97 911 and so far I have found three dead mouse and one mice in the car. Worst part, two lived and died in the headliner of the car. Fortunately the car is a track car so I just decided to gut the headliner, along with select interior pieces.
Currently I'm trying to figure out how to remove the feces/urine scent. Anyone know the tricks?
05-25-11, 04:07 PM
#36
I can so relate to this. I just picked up a '97 911 and so far I have found three dead mouse and one mice in the car. Worst part, two lived and died in the headliner of the car. Fortunately the car is a track car so I just decided to gut the headliner, along with select interior pieces.
Currently I'm trying to figure out how to remove the feces/urine scent. Anyone know the tricks?
Currently I'm trying to figure out how to remove the feces/urine scent. Anyone know the tricks?
Can you find the spots which have been hit? Clean it as much out as you can. Then spray things down with a vinegar solution or vinegar/baking soda solution. Search google for skunk smell odor tips, if it works for skunk, it'll work for urine.
The best is just more air and time.
09-20-12, 12:26 AM
#42
back from the dead, just stumbled upon this video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=kh1HWO4WlMI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=kh1HWO4WlMI
09-20-12, 07:01 PM
#45
When I had my car sitting in my garage for 6 months or so, same thing happened to me. I kept seeing mouse **** in the car, and when I took the interior out to swap to black, sure enough a nest in my cabin filter. I also have an old Honda Accord that sits sometimes for a few weeks, mice made a big *** next in the blower motor. Its some nasty ****.