yardie876

Maybe you have a dead stowaway somewhere in the duct lines?

jsch222

The smell is only for the initial 10-15 seconds then goes away. I am doubtful that a mouse or other animal has gotten in the system.

BarrettF77

It's just moisture left in the system from shutdown. Try running it for a few minutes on vent before shutoff and not using recirculate. Those things help, but its the nature of the beast.

SW17LS

I had it a little earlier on and now its gone away.

onexcite

Maybe this will help?

GS250

^where is the air intake on the 4GS?

sam430

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I couldn't get rid of the smell in my car. My other cars does not have the same issue as the 4GS. I will the dealer know when I go for my 10K.

richard203

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I got the same thing. My only using the air from outside and a/c is off. o.0

GS250

found the intake. need to popup the bonnet near the wiper.

i did use the Lysol spray previously but only spay it internally. this time, i feel that it work better spraying them from the intake.

and yes, my previous Honda has this issue but got rid of it after 1 spray with Lysol in the cabin with aircon on. the Subaru did not have this issue. The smell alway come back after a while in the Lexus and looks like just need to do this once a week.

dseag2

I had that stinky, musty smell in the AC of my Infiniti M35, but after 10,000 miles and 18 months with my GS there is no smell at all. I do always turn the air to recirculate after a couple of minutes. Maybe that helps.

lexusnyny

I have the same exact issues and I'm going to bring it up to dealer's attention for 10K review. One thing of note , I never had sinus issues before and I think whatever is blowing in that initial car start is contributing to it.

I've own previous versions of the GS and this have never happened before. I hope this is just temporary as somebody suggested earlier or a permanent fix is in store.

Pno420

I get the smell too for about 15 seconds at start up and only have about 1000 miles on my car. I'm gonna get it checked out at Lexus. I do keep my car extremely clean too wash and wax it about once a week. Pretty embarrassing when I have people in my car and that funky smell appears briefly.

GS250

^try the method showed in the video in this post. pretty effective.

sam430

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^ that!



we shouldn't have to deal with it in the first place much less having to deal with it every month.

Pno420

I agree, I thought it was from leaving wet towels in my trunk after detailing my car on a hot day and they did stink when I left them in there for a couple of days but I haven't done that in a while and still get the mildew smell but only on startup, then it goes away.