Love the new Prius, but the chemicals on the interior are Killing me ...

priusmaybe · 04-30-2007, 03:52 PM

Every chance I get I open all doors and the hatch. I can hardly stand to have the windows up.

For a "green" car, they did not consider the interior chemicals and dyes.

Any ideas on how to out gas it??

MarkMN · 04-30-2007, 04:02 PM

There has been a post and a thread about this issue before. I think most people leave the car in the sun with the windows down a bit for a couple of weeks.

My wife and I didn't notice too much smell, and liked the 'new car smell' that is there; but a lot of people have complained on here about it, so you're not alone.

Dr Ed · 04-30-2007, 05:41 PM

Buy one of those inexpensive box fans. Open front windows. Open hatch (turn off dome and hatch lights). Lower smaller side of back seat. Prop fan upright in hatch to blow toward front of car. Use extension cord from fan to garage outlet. Crank it up full and let it blow all night. Febreeze all the upholstery the next day. Better... clean all fabrics with upholstery cleaner.

johnny51981 · 04-30-2007, 08:51 PM

My sister said that the stuff they used in the detailing smelled like grapes. But, I can understand how it is an overpowering smell.

NuShrike · 05-01-2007, 05:11 AM

New car smell is bad for you.

formerVWdriver · 05-01-2007, 08:39 AM

I so seldom have a new car that I love the smell. I don't have new cars often enough for the smell to be bad for me. It's like eating bacon once a decade.

But if the smell irritated my eyes, nose or something, I guess that would be different. Good luck!

daniel · 05-01-2007, 10:01 AM

I hate new-car smell. It makes me physically sick. I doubt a fan would help much, but leave the windows open, if you can park the car in a safe place, and in a week or two it should diminish significantly.

I do not know if they have no alternatives to those chemicals in the manufacturing process, or if they do it on purpose because some people have learned to associate that smell with "new" and like the feeling it gives them that their car is really new. A lot of repair shops will actually spray "new car smell" into cars, on the assumption that people like the feeling that their newly-repaired car is "like new." Most will refrain if you ask them ahead of time.

Darken · 05-01-2007, 10:35 AM

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I so seldom have a new car that I love the smell. I don't have new cars often enough for the smell to be bad for me. It's like eating bacon once a decade.

But if the smell irritated my eyes, nose or something, I guess that would be different. Good luck!
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I have to agree I have always liked the new car smell. Its not something most of us get to 'sniff' too often so I try to make it last as long as possible

That being said I didn't find the Prius odor to be any different from any other new car I had so I'm not sure what the OP is discribing. I'm assuming some people are just sensitive to some odors...of course maybe I like toxic chemicals :P

subarutoo · 05-01-2007, 11:13 AM

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I have to agree I have always liked the new car smell. Its not something most of us get to 'sniff' too often so I try to make it last as long as possible

That being said I didn't find the Prius odor to be any different from any other new car I had so I'm not sure what the OP is discribing. I'm assuming some people are just sensitive to some odors...of course maybe I like toxic chemicals :P
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Me too. <_<

kdk84 · 05-01-2007, 11:32 AM

i just bought a prius last week, brand new (had 1 mile on it) and I didn't have any weird overpowering smell. There was new car smell but even that wasn't very strong. My recommendation would be to have the windows open as often as possible, esp. while driving. That should take away the smell over time and in the short run while the windows are open and you're driving you shouldn't be able to smell it as much.

05-01-2007, 10:01 AM	#7
daniel Cat Lovers Against the Bomb Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Spokane, WA Posts: 9,125 My Car: 2004 Prius Package: #6 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I hate new-car smell. It makes me physically sick. I doubt a fan would help much, but leave the windows open, if you can park the car in a safe place, and in a week or two it should diminish significantly. I do not know if they have no alternatives to those chemicals in the manufacturing process, or if they do it on purpose because some people have learned to associate that smell with "new" and like the feeling it gives them that their car is really new. A lot of repair shops will actually spray "new car smell" into cars, on the assumption that people like the feeling that their newly-repaired car is "like new." Most will refrain if you ask them ahead of time. __________________ Daniel ---------------------- Primary car: Zap Xebra SD: 100% electric car. 1.9 cents per mile, using electrons generated from water power. (The Prius is my gas guzzler, used when I have to travel farther than 35 miles in a day.) "If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." -- Emma Goldman "Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think long and hard before starting a war." -- Otto von Bismarck

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04-30-2007, 03:52 PM	#1
priusmaybe Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Atlanta Posts: 305 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #3 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Every chance I get I open all doors and the hatch. I can hardly stand to have the windows up. For a "green" car, they did not consider the interior chemicals and dyes. Any ideas on how to out gas it??

04-30-2007, 04:02 PM	#2
MarkMN Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Downtown Minneapolis Posts: 228 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #2 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	There has been a post and a thread about this issue before. I think most people leave the car in the sun with the windows down a bit for a couple of weeks. My wife and I didn't notice too much smell, and liked the 'new car smell' that is there; but a lot of people have complained on here about it, so you're not alone.

04-30-2007, 05:41 PM	#3
Dr Ed Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 183 My Car: 2006 Prius Package: #2 Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	Buy one of those inexpensive box fans. Open front windows. Open hatch (turn off dome and hatch lights). Lower smaller side of back seat. Prop fan upright in hatch to blow toward front of car. Use extension cord from fan to garage outlet. Crank it up full and let it blow all night. Febreeze all the upholstery the next day. Better... clean all fabrics with upholstery cleaner.

04-30-2007, 08:51 PM	#4
johnny51981 Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 42 My Car: 2007 Prius Package: #6 Touring Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	My sister said that the stuff they used in the detailing smelled like grapes. But, I can understand how it is an overpowering smell.

05-01-2007, 05:11 AM	#5
NuShrike my other Mobile Suit is a ... Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 1,367 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	New car smell is bad for you.

05-01-2007, 08:39 AM	#6
formerVWdriver Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 258 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	I so seldom have a new car that I love the smell. I don't have new cars often enough for the smell to be bad for me. It's like eating bacon once a decade. But if the smell irritated my eyes, nose or something, I guess that would be different. Good luck!

05-01-2007, 11:32 AM	#10
kdk84 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Michigan Posts: 113 My Car: Package: Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTM Awards: 0 Friends: 0	i just bought a prius last week, brand new (had 1 mile on it) and I didn't have any weird overpowering smell. There was new car smell but even that wasn't very strong. My recommendation would be to have the windows open as often as possible, esp. while driving. That should take away the smell over time and in the short run while the windows are open and you're driving you shouldn't be able to smell it as much.