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Hello, I have a 2013 C-Max Hybrid SEL. There is a noxious, super-glue-like smell inside the car. The smell is worse if it is hot outside. I have pinpointed the smell, and it is coming from the weatherstripping around the doors. The smell is worse if it is hot outside. Has anyone had this issue and/or resolved it? Thanks!

2014 C-Max Hybrid, had it since September, 9200 miles. GREAT vehicle except: Monday, when leaving a shopping center, there was a loud banging and rattle coming from (apparently) the vent system. Immediately shut off A/C and fan, then restarted fan with no noise, restarted A/C with no noise. Wednesday morning, after a hot Tuesday (90+) noted a very strong dead mouse smell the second the car was started. No doubt what it was, as we had a major problem with mice in our previous '06 Honda Civic. We park in our driveway, but the garage would be just as likely to have mice. Went to our dealer, where the general response was a shoulder shrug, followed by a quote of at least $100 to get in to the blower to remove the corpse. Here are a few questions: Is the blower downstream of the cabin air filter? Is there any way to block mice from entering? Anybody else have this problem? Anybody got an answer? The current solution is for me to go to the car, open all the windows, start the blower until the air has been cleared out, THEN call my wife for the day's trip. We live in the California Gold Country foothills, where it is VERY dry.

I sniffed all over inside of MADMAX and changed cabin filter, narrowed the smell to HVB cooling tubing/fan. I have to tare more stuff apart to get inside for a look to see what is going on. :headscratch: Has anyone else noticed this problem? Paul

Hello. I could use some assistance from fellow owners right now. Recently, I had a pot of meatballs sitting in my trunk on the way home. I had to quickly maneuver away from another car and the pot tipped over. Luckily, the pot was semi-sealed but some of the sauce managed to spill out of the pot and onto the carpet and into the undercarriage of the trunk. I had the carpets shampooed and thoroughly cleaned what I could, but there's still sauce behind the plastic moldings in the trunk. What can I do to get into the moldings and wipe away the rest of the sauce so my new car doesn't smell like old/stale meatballs? I'm usually a stickler about the cleanliness of my car, so the fact that I can't get into the undercarriage and side moldings to clean the rest out really bugs me. Thanks for the suggestions!