I have a 2015 Volkswagen every time a vehicle is in front of me that smells it goes inside my car through the air conditioning vents and I smell clear as day Definitely picking it up from outside going into my car

Your VW’s HVAC controls should have a “recirculate” setting to keep outside air out. I presume it’s not working. Have a shop look at the blend doors and accompanying actuators. The one that shuts off outside air is probably stuck.

I had the same situation on a 1948 Dodge I bought to restore. The air intake for the heater was combined with the cowl vent. I was driving along and smelled burning grease. I looked down at the gauges and all read normal. I pulled into a parking lot, grabbed the fire extinguisher, jumped out of …

Have you tried replacing the cabin air filter? It’s an activated carbon air filter designed to absorb odors. https://www.rockauto.com/en/moreinfo.php?pk=3067425&cc=3310267&jsn=13 Tester

[image] davepsinbox_157004: Your VW’s HVAC controls should have a “recirculate” setting to keep outside air out. I presume it’s not working. … or, the OP is unaware of that feature. A properly-functioning HVAC system should be able to keep ~90% of the outside air from entering the interior w…

It’s possible. I gave the OP the benefit of the doubt.

[image] davepsinbox_157004: It’s possible. I gave the OP the benefit of the doubt. Yes, it is good to give people the benefit of the doubt, but–on the other hand–over the years, I have encountered an incredible number of people who were not familiar with the controls and/or features of their …

@VDCdriver . I have had issues with the controls on cars that I don’t own. I had a rental Nissan Sentra that my institution provided for me to drive to a conference 300 miles away. My research partner and I were coming back at night and both of us were annoyed that the dash lights were too bright a…

[image] Triedaq: In neither the case of the Nissan Sentra nor the Hyundai Sonata was the manual in the glove compartment Check the trunk. It’s often there in my experience. It might be in the spare tire well.

@jtsanders . I know I loaded suitcases into the trunk on both vehicles. However, on the highway at night with the Nissan, it was easier just to put up with the dashboard lights that were too bright than to search for the manual. Both the Nissan Sentra and the Hyundai Sonata had been rented from En…

2015 Volkswagen Passat - outside smells enter the cabin

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A friend has a 2019 RAV4 hybrid. The owner’s manual is 728 pages, and the additional quick reference guide is 64 pages.
I am so glad that as cars have been around for a century or more, that they have gotten simpler and simpler!

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2015 Volkswagen Passat - outside smells enter the cabin

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